Lowest-degree homogeneous components of powers, products and substitutions #
If a series has order at least p, the degree-n * p homogeneous component of its n-th power
is the n-th power of its degree-p component, and similarly for finite products. This reduces
lowest-degree coefficient computations for powers to homogeneous series, over arbitrary semirings.
The same holds for substitution: if f has order at least p and the series a i have zero
constant coefficient, the degree-p component of f(a) only depends on the degree-p component
of f and on the linear parts of the a i, into which it is substituted
(MvPowerSeries.homogeneousComponent_subst_of_le_order). This is how the lowest-degree term of an
expression such as f(F(X, Y), Z), for a formal group law F(X, Y) = X + Y + ⋯, is read off as
the polynomial f_p(X + Y, Z). In finitely many variables the degree-p component is a
polynomial (MvPowerSeries.homogeneousComponentPolynomial), and the lowest-degree component of
f(a) is that polynomial evaluated at the linear parts of the a i
(MvPowerSeries.homogeneousComponent_subst_eq_coe_aeval).
Products and powers of close series are close: the order of x y - x' y' is bounded through
those of x - x' and y - y' (MvPowerSeries.le_order_mul_sub_mul), and if x and y have
zero constant coefficient and x - y has order at least n, then xᵏ - yᵏ has order at least
n + k - 1 (MvPowerSeries.le_order_pow_sub_pow). Substitution is Lipschitz for the
order: if every a i and b i has zero constant coefficient and a i - b i has order at least
n for all i, then f(a) - f(b) has order at least n + k - 1 when f has order at least k
(MvPowerSeries.le_order_subst_sub_subst), and under the same hypotheses, in degrees at most n
it agrees with the linear part ∑ᵢ fᵢ (a i - b i) of f applied to the differences
(MvPowerSeries.coeff_subst_sub_subst_of_degree_le).
Perturbing one entry a s by a series e of order at least n ≥ 1 changes f(a) by c e, where
c is the coefficient of Xₛ in f, up to terms of degree greater than n
(MvPowerSeries.le_order_subst_update_add_sub). For a formal group law this says that
F(x + e, y) ≡ F(x, y) + e to lowest order. The proof uses that below degree n + 1, multiplying
e by a series q scales it by the constant coefficient of q
(MvPowerSeries.coeff_mul_eq_coeff_mul_constantCoeff_of_le_order).
A common lower bound on the orders of two series bounds the orders of their sum and difference
(MvPowerSeries.le_order_add, MvPowerSeries.le_order_sub). Over a commutative ring, if f and
g have zero constant coefficient, then f ^ n - g ^ n has order larger than that of f - g for
n ≥ 2 (MvPowerSeries.order_sub_add_one_le_order_pow_sub_pow).
The degree-zero component of a series is its constant term
(MvPowerSeries.homogeneousComponent_zero).
For two-variable series with linear coefficients one, the degree-one component is X + Y.
Over a ring, vanishing of the constant coefficient then puts the remainder after subtracting
X + Y in order at least two, and over a commutative ring the linear part of f(x, y) is the
sum of the linear parts of x and y (MvPowerSeries.homogeneousComponent_one_subst_pair).
If f and g have zero constant coefficient and 2 ≤ n, then the order of f ^ n - g ^ n
exceeds that of f - g: it is f - g times ∑ fⁱ gⁿ⁻¹⁻ⁱ, whose constant coefficient vanishes.
A variable is its own degree-one homogeneous component.
In one variable, the degree-one homogeneous component of f is c X, where c is the
coefficient of X in f.
A homogeneous component of positive degree has no constant coefficient.
A series of order at least n without degree-n component has order at least n + 1.
The lowest possible homogeneous component of a power is the corresponding power of the lowest possible homogeneous component.
For a series without constant coefficient, the degree-n component of its n-th power is the
n-th power of its linear part.
The degree-zero homogeneous component of a power series is its constant term.
The lowest possible homogeneous component of a finite product is the product of the lowest possible homogeneous components of the factors.
The monomial aᵈ = ∏ᵢ (a i) ^ (d i) in series without constant coefficient has order at least
the degree of d.
The degree-|d| component of the monomial aᵈ = ∏ᵢ (a i) ^ (d i) in series without constant
coefficient is the same monomial in their linear parts.
The linear parts of a substitutable family can be substituted.
The lowest-degree component of a substitution. If f has order at least p and the series
a i have zero constant coefficient, the degree-p component of f(a) is the degree-p component
of f evaluated at the linear parts of the a i.
The degree-n homogeneous component of a power series in finitely many variables, as a
polynomial.
Instances For
If f vanishes below degree n and the series a i have no constant term, the degree-n
part of f(a) is the polynomial degree-n part of f evaluated at polynomials l i equal to the
linear parts of the a i.
If x - y has order at least n and x, y have zero constant coefficient, then
xᵏ - yᵏ has order at least n + k - 1.
Monomials in close arguments are closer. If the series a i and b i have zero constant
coefficient and a i - b i has order at least n for every i, then the monomials
aᵈ and bᵈ differ by a series of order at least n + |d| - 1.
Substitution is Lipschitz for the order. Let H have order at least k, and let the
series a i and b i have zero constant coefficient, with a i - b i of order at least n.
Then H(a) - H(b) has order at least n + k - 1.
The linear part of a difference of substitutions. If the series a i and b i have zero
constant coefficient and a i - b i has order at least n, then in degrees at most n the
coefficients of H(a) - H(b) are those of ∑ᵢ hᵢ (a i - b i), where hᵢ is the coefficient of
Xᵢ in H.
Below degree n + 1, multiplying a series e of order at least n by q scales it by the
constant coefficient of q.
The lowest-order effect of perturbing a substitution. Let the series a t have zero
constant coefficient, and perturb the entry a s by a series e of order at least n ≥ 1. Then
f(a) changes by c e, where c is the coefficient of Xₛ in f, up to terms of degree greater
than n.
A series whose two linear coefficients are one has degree-one homogeneous component
X + Y, independently of its constant coefficient.
A power series in two variables with zero constant coefficient and linear part X + Y differs
from X + Y by a series of order at least two.
If f has zero constant coefficient and linear part X + Y, the linear part of f(x, y) is
the sum of the linear parts of x and y, for x and y without constant coefficient.