The Schwarz lemma for restricted power series #
Let K be a complete ultrametric normed field and f = ∑ aₙ Xⁿ a power series over K restricted
at a radius c > 0, so that ‖aₙ‖ cⁿ → 0 and f converges on the closed disc ‖x‖ ≤ c. A zero
a of f in that disc splits off a linear factor without loss of norm:
f = (X - a) * q, q restricted at c, ‖f‖_c = c * ‖q‖_c
for the Gauss norm ‖·‖_c, by Weierstrass division by the distinguished polynomial X - a
(TauCeti.PowerSeries.gaussNorm_X_sub_C_mul).
Peeling off the zeros one at a time, counted with the multiplicity read off from the Hasse
derivatives D⁽ᵗ⁾ f, gives the nonarchimedean Schwarz lemma: if the points b of a finite
multiset Z in the closed disc of radius c satisfy (D⁽ᵗ⁾ f)(b) = 0 for every t less than
the multiplicity of b in Z, then at every point x of the closed disc of radius c, in any
complete normed field extension of K,
‖f(x)‖ ≤ ‖f‖_c * ∏_{b ∈ Z} ‖x - b‖ / c.
Unlike the archimedean Schwarz lemma there is no change of radius: every factor ‖x - b‖ / c is
at most 1, and the bound is sharp for f = ∏ (X - b).
This is the analytic estimate behind the interpolation and extrapolation steps of the method of
linear forms in p-adic logarithms: an auxiliary function with many zeros of high multiplicity at
the points of a grid is small at every other point of the disc. For distinct points with
prescribed multiplicities it takes the form
‖f(x)‖ ≤ ‖f‖_c * ∏_{b ∈ s} (‖x - b‖ / c) ^ T b. Since D⁽ᵏ⁾ f is again restricted at c, with
‖D⁽ᵏ⁾ f‖_c ≤ c⁻ᵏ ‖f‖_c, and vanishes at each b to order T b - k, the same bound with
exponents T b - k and an extra factor c⁻ᵏ holds for the Hasse derivatives of f. This is the
form the extrapolation steps use, where vanishing of f to high order on a grid controls the
derivatives of lower order at new points.
Main results #
PowerSeries.IsRestricted.evalAt_eq_zero_iff: the factor theorem for restricted series, over any complete ultrametric normed commutative ring.PowerSeries.IsRestricted.norm_evalAt_le_gaussNorm_mul_prod: the Schwarz lemma for a multiset of zeros.PowerSeries.IsRestricted.norm_evalAt_le_gaussNorm_mul_prod_pow: the Schwarz lemma for distinct zeros with multiplicities.PowerSeries.IsRestricted.norm_evalAt_hasseDeriv_le_gaussNorm_mul_prod_pow: the Schwarz lemma for the Hasse derivativesD⁽ᵏ⁾ f, whose zeros have multiplicities reduced byk.
References #
- K. Yu, Linear forms in p-adic logarithms. II, Compositio Math. 74 (1990), 15–113, §1.
- Bosch, Güntzer, Remmert, Non-Archimedean Analysis, §5.2.1 (Weierstrass division).
Factor theorem for restricted series. Over a complete ultrametric normed commutative ring,
a series restricted at a radius c > 0 vanishes at a point a of the closed disc of radius c
exactly when it is X - a times a series restricted at c.
The Schwarz lemma for restricted series. Let f be a power series over a complete
ultrametric normed field K, restricted at a radius c > 0. Let Z be a finite multiset of
points of the closed disc of radius c such that f vanishes at each b ∈ Z to at least the
multiplicity of b in Z, in the sense that the Hasse derivatives (D⁽ᵗ⁾ f)(b) vanish for t
below that multiplicity. Then at every point x of the closed disc of radius c in a complete
normed field extension L of K,
‖f(x)‖ ≤ ‖f‖_c * ∏_{b ∈ Z} ‖x - b‖ / c,
where ‖f‖_c is the Gauss norm of f at c.
The Schwarz lemma for distinct zeros with multiplicities. Let f be a power series over a
complete ultrametric normed field K, restricted at a radius c > 0, and let s be a finite set
of points of the closed disc of radius c at each of which the Hasse derivatives (D⁽ᵗ⁾ f)(b)
vanish for t < T b. Then at every point x of the closed disc of radius c in a complete normed
field extension L of K,
‖f(x)‖ ≤ ‖f‖_c * ∏_{b ∈ s} (‖x - b‖ / c) ^ T b.
The Schwarz lemma for Hasse derivatives. Let f be a power series over a complete
ultrametric normed field K, restricted at a radius c > 0, and let s be a finite set of points
of the closed disc of radius c at each of which the Hasse derivatives (D⁽ᵗ⁾ f)(b) vanish for
t < T b. Then for every k and every point x of the closed disc of radius c in a complete
normed field extension L of K,
‖(D⁽ᵏ⁾ f)(x)‖ ≤ c⁻ᵏ * ‖f‖_c * ∏_{b ∈ s} (‖x - b‖ / c) ^ (T b - k).
For k = 0 this is PowerSeries.IsRestricted.norm_evalAt_le_gaussNorm_mul_prod_pow.