Power and bracket in degree zero of the lower p-series #
Away from degree zero the power operator π on the graded pieces of the lower p-series
commutes with the bracket (TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_left,
TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_right). This file treats the remaining case, where the powered
input has degree zero. The binomial collection formula for ⁅a ^ n, b⁆ and ⁅a, b ^ n⁆ produces
a correction term: for x of degree zero,
[π x, y] = π [x, y] + (p choose 2) • [x, [x, y]],
and symmetrically [x, π y] = π [x, y] + (p choose 2) • [y, [x, y]] for y of degree zero. For
odd p the correction vanishes, so π commutes with the bracket in every degree; for p = 2 it
is the iterated bracket [[x, y], x], resp. [[x, y], y]. These are the counterparts for the
bracket of the degree-zero additivity defect π (x + y) = π x + π y + (p choose 2) • [y, x]
(TauCeti.gradedPow_add_zero), and together with the results away from degree zero they describe
π on the whole graded Lie algebra. The file also records that a degree-zero class brackets
trivially with its iterated p-powers, [π^j x, x] = 0
(TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPowIter_self).
Main results #
TauCeti.mk_commutatorElement_pow_left,TauCeti.mk_commutatorElement_pow_right: the collection formulas for⁅a ^ n, b⁆and⁅a, b ^ n⁆moduloλ_{k+3}when the unpowered input lies inλ_k.TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPow_zero_left,TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPow_zero_right: the degree-zero corrections(p choose 2) • [x, [x, y]]and(p choose 2) • [y, [x, y]].TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_left_of_odd,TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_right_of_odd: for oddp,π [x, y] = [π x, y] = [x, π y]in every degree.TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPow_zero_left_of_two,TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPow_zero_right_of_two: forp = 2,[π x, y] = π [x, y] + [[x, y], x]and[x, π y] = π [x, y] + [[x, y], y].TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_left_zero,TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_left_zero_of_odd,TauCeti.gradedPow_gradedBracket_zero_zero: the identities for a bracket[x, y]withyof degree zero, whereπ [x, y]and[π x, y]have the same degree and no transport is needed.TauCeti.gradedBracket_gradedPowIter_self:[π^j x, x] = 0forxof degree zero, the class of⁅g ^ (p ^ j), g⁆ = 1.
References #
- J. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canadian J. Math. 19 (1967), §1, Propositions 1 and 2.
Collection of a powered commutator modulo λ_{k+3}. The iterated commutator lies in
λ_{k+2}, so its image is central and the binomial formula applies.
Collection in the right input modulo λ_{j+3}. The correction involves
⁅b, ⁅a, b⁆⁆; reversing the outer commutator would change its sign.
The correction to [π x, y] = π [x, y] when x has degree zero is
(p choose 2) • [x, [x, y]], transported to the degree of π [x, y].
The correction to [x, π y] = π [x, y] when y has degree zero is
(p choose 2) • [y, [x, y]], with the inner bracket in this order.
For odd p, the power operator commutes with the bracket on the left in every degree,
including degree zero. No primality assumption is needed.
For odd p, the power operator commutes with the bracket on the right in every degree,
including degree zero. No primality assumption is needed.
For p = 2 and x of degree zero, [π x, y] = π [x, y] + [[x, y], x].
The last term has this orientation because every graded piece is killed by 2.
For p = 2 and y of degree zero, [x, π y] = π [x, y] + [[x, y], y].
The inner bracket retains the order [x, y].
Brackets with a degree-zero class, without transport of degrees #
π against a bracket with a degree-zero class, away from degree zero: π [x, y] = [π x, y]
for x ∈ gr_j(G) with j ≥ 1 and y ∈ gr_0(G). Both sides lie in gr_{j+2}(G), so no
transport of degrees is needed.
For odd p, π [x, y] = [π x, y] for y of degree zero, in every degree of x.
π against a bracket of two degree-zero classes:
π [x, y] = [π x, y] + (p choose 2) • [[x, y], x] in gr_2(G). For odd p the correction
vanishes, and for p = 2 it is [[x, y], x].
Brackets with iterated p-powers #
A degree-zero class brackets trivially with its iterated p-powers: [π^j x, x] = 0, since
it is the class of the commutator ⁅g ^ (p ^ j), g⁆ = 1.