Frobenius factorization of formal group homomorphisms #
Over a commutative ring of prime characteristic p, the series X ^ p is a homomorphism
from a formal group to its coefficient Frobenius twist. Its h-fold iterate has series
X ^ (p ^ h) and composes by expanding the outer series. It is natural with respect to
homomorphisms, whose Frobenius twists are their base changes along Frobenius. A homomorphism
with zero linear coefficient factors uniquely through this Frobenius homomorphism. Its factor
is obtained by selecting the coefficients in degrees divisible by p, using the residue-zero
Cartier operator. The coefficient ring may have nilpotents, and the formal groups need not be
commutative.
This is the Frobenius factorization argument of Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, IV.7, Proposition 7.2, using the derivative criterion over arbitrary coefficient rings.
Relative Frobenius iterated h times, with series X ^ (p ^ h), maps to the
corresponding coefficient Frobenius twist.
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Relative Frobenius is the homomorphism with series X ^ p to the coefficient Frobenius
twist.
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Composition with iterated relative Frobenius expands the outer series.
Iterated relative Frobenius is natural: the coefficient Frobenius twist of f after
Frobenius on the source equals Frobenius on the target after f, that is,
f^(p^h)(X ^ (p ^ h)) = f(X) ^ (p ^ h).
Relative Frobenius is natural: the coefficient Frobenius twist of f after Frobenius on the
source equals Frobenius on the target after f, that is, f^(p)(X ^ p) = f(X) ^ p.
The factor of a homomorphism with zero tangent map through relative Frobenius.
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Composing the Frobenius factor with relative Frobenius recovers the original map.
A homomorphism with zero linear coefficient factors uniquely through relative Frobenius.