The universal strict coordinate #
For a commutative ring A, the strict formal coordinate
X + ∑_{i ≥ 1} bᵢ X^(i + 1)
over the polynomial ring A[b₁, b₂, …] = MvPolynomial ℕ+ A, whose coefficients are the variables,
is universal among strict coordinates over A-algebras: a ring homomorphism
A[b₁, b₂, …] →+* R is the same as a ring homomorphism A →+* R together with a strict coordinate
over R, and it specializes the universal strict coordinate to that coordinate.
Taking for A a ring classifying formal group laws of some kind, such as the Lazard ring, this
makes the strict isomorphisms between such formal group laws representable by A[b₁, b₂, …].
Main definitions #
TauCeti.FormalCoordinate.universalStrictCoordinate: the strict coordinateX + ∑ bᵢ X^(i + 1)overA[b₁, b₂, …].TauCeti.FormalCoordinate.strictLift: the bijection between pairs of a ring homomorphismA →+* Rand a strict coordinate overRand ring homomorphismsA[b₁, b₂, …] →+* R.
Main results #
TauCeti.FormalCoordinate.map_strictLift_universalStrictCoordinate: the homomorphism attached to(f, φ)specializes the universal strict coordinate toφ.TauCeti.FormalCoordinate.ringHom_ext_universalStrictCoordinate: a ring homomorphism out ofA[b₁, b₂, …]is determined by its restriction toAand by its base change of the universal strict coordinate.
References #
- D. C. Ravenel, Complex Cobordism and Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres, Appendix A2.1.
The universal strict coordinate X + ∑_{i ≥ 1} bᵢ X^(i + 1) over A[b₁, b₂, …], whose
coefficients are the variables bᵢ.
Instances For
The strict coordinate universalStrictCoordinate has the variable bᵢ as its coefficient of
X^(i + 1).
The base change of the universal strict coordinate along f is the strict coordinate
X + ∑ f(bᵢ) X^(i + 1).
Base change of the universal strict coordinate is strict.
Applying f : A →+* B to the coefficients of A[b₁, b₂, …] carries the universal strict
coordinate over A[b₁, b₂, …] to the universal strict coordinate over B[b₁, b₂, …].
A ring homomorphism out of A[b₁, b₂, …] is determined by its restriction to A and by its
base change of the universal strict coordinate.
A[b₁, b₂, …] represents strict coordinates over A-algebras: pairs of a ring
homomorphism f : A →+* R and a strict coordinate φ over R correspond to ring homomorphisms
A[b₁, b₂, …] →+* R. The homomorphism attached to (f, φ) restricts to f and sends bᵢ to the
coefficient of X^(i + 1) in φ.
Instances For
The ring homomorphism out of A attached to f : A[b₁, b₂, …] →+* R is its restriction.
The strict coordinate attached to f : A[b₁, b₂, …] →+* R has coefficients f (bᵢ).
The homomorphism attached to (f, φ) restricts along C to f.
The homomorphism attached to (f, φ) agrees with f on constants.
The homomorphism attached to (f, φ) sends bᵢ to the coefficient of X^(i + 1) in φ.
The homomorphism attached to (f, φ) specializes the universal strict coordinate to φ.