The completed group algebra of a profinite group #
For a topological group Γ and a commutative ring R, the completed group algebra
R[[Γ]] is the inverse limit of the group algebras R[Γ ⧸ U]
over the open normal subgroups U of Γ: an element is a family of elements of the group
algebras R[Γ ⧸ U], compatible along the ring homomorphisms R[Γ ⧸ U] → R[Γ ⧸ V] induced by
the quotient maps Γ ⧸ U → Γ ⧸ V for U ≤ V. The index set is the open normal subgroups,
because Γ ⧸ U has to be a group for R[Γ ⧸ U] to be a group algebra. For R = ℤ_[p] and
Γ a profinite group this is the Iwasawa algebra ℤ_p[[Γ]], the ring over which the relation
modules in Labute's classification of Demushkin groups are studied.
It is an R-algebra; each group element γ gives an element of R Γ γ, the family of its
classes, and each open normal subgroup U gives the projection proj R Γ U onto R[Γ ⧸ U],
which is surjective. Two elements with the same projections are equal, and these two facts are
the inverse-limit description of the algebra. Its universal property is lift: a compatible
family of R-algebra homomorphisms into the levels R[Γ ⧸ U] assembles into an R-algebra
homomorphism into R[[Γ]], unique with the prescribed projections (algHom_ext).
When R is a topological ring, the completed group algebra carries the inverse-limit topology:
the coarsest topology making every coefficient of every projection continuous. Scalar
multiplication by R is continuous when multiplication in R is. When every open normal
quotient Γ ⧸ U is finite, as it is for a compact Γ with separately continuous
multiplication, the completed algebra is a topological ring, and it is compact when R is
compact Hausdorff. It is totally disconnected when R is, and the map from Γ is continuous.
It is commutative when Γ is, stated as the IsMulCommutative mixin and as a CommRing
structure extending the ring structure, so that no second multiplication is installed.
For a general topological group Γ the map of R Γ need not be injective and the algebra may be
commutative without Γ being so (both happen for an indiscrete Γ, whose only open normal
subgroup is Γ itself). When Γ is profinite its open normal subgroups separate the points, so
over a nontrivial R the group elements are distinct in R[[Γ]] (of_injective), the map
of R Γ is a closed embedding for Hausdorff R (isClosedEmbedding_of), and the algebra is
commutative exactly when Γ is (isMulCommutative_iff).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra R Γ: the completed group algebraR[[Γ]].TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.proj R Γ U: the projection ontoR[Γ ⧸ U].TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.of R Γ: the group elements insideR[[Γ]].TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.mk: an element from a compatible family of elements of the group algebrasR[Γ ⧸ U].TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.lift: theR-algebra homomorphism intoR[[Γ]]assembled from a compatible family ofR-algebra homomorphisms into the group algebrasR[Γ ⧸ U].TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.coeffFamily R Γ: all coefficients of all projections, the map along which the topology is induced.
Main results #
TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.ext,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.proj_surjective: the inverse-limit description.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.proj_lift,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.algHom_ext: the universal property, an algebra homomorphism intoR[[Γ]]is determined by its compositions with the projections andlifthas the prescribed ones.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.proj_of: a group element projects to the corresponding basis element of the quotient group algebra.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.isEmbedding_coeffFamily,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.isClosedEmbedding_coeffFamily: the topology is the inverse-limit topology, and the compatible families form a closed subset of the product.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.continuous_of: the group elements depend continuously on the group element.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.exists_mem_span_range_of_proj_eq,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.dense_span_range_of: every element agrees at any given level with anR-linear combination of group elements, so the span of the group elements is dense.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.isUniformInducing_coeffFamily: over a uniform coefficient ring, the uniformity of the completed group algebra is the one induced along the coefficient map, and the algebra is a uniform additive group whenRis.TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.of_injective,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.isClosedEmbedding_of,TauCeti.completedGroupAlgebra.isMulCommutative_iff: for profiniteΓover a nontrivialR, the group elements are distinct, form a closed copy ofΓwhenRis Hausdorff, and the algebra is commutative exactly whenΓis.- The instances
IsTopologicalRing,ContinuousSMul R,CompactSpace,TotallyDisconnectedSpace,T2Space,UniformSpaceandIsUniformAddGroup, theNoZeroSMulDivisors Rinstance forRwithout zero divisors, and theIsMulCommutativeandCommRinginstances for commutativeΓ.
References #
- L. Ribes and P. Zalesskii, Profinite Groups, Section 5.3.
- J. P. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), Section 1.5.
The completed group algebra R[[Γ]] of a topological group Γ over a commutative
ring R: the inverse limit of the group algebras R[Γ ⧸ U] over the open normal subgroups U
of Γ, along the maps induced by the quotient maps. For R = ℤ_[p] and Γ profinite this is
the Iwasawa algebra ℤ_p[[Γ]].
Its elements are accessed through the projections completedGroupAlgebra.proj R Γ U onto the
levels R[Γ ⧸ U], which determine them (completedGroupAlgebra.ext), and constructed from
compatible families of elements of the levels by completedGroupAlgebra.mk. The representation
as a subalgebra of the product of the levels is private to this file and is not part of the
public interface.
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The projection of the completed group algebra onto the group algebra R[Γ ⧸ U] of the
quotient by the open normal subgroup U, as an R-algebra homomorphism. It is
surjective (proj_surjective), and the projections jointly determine an element (ext).
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The projections at U ≤ V are compatible along the ring homomorphism
R[Γ ⧸ U] → R[Γ ⧸ V] induced by the quotient map.
Two elements of the completed group algebra with the same projections at every level are equal.
The element of the completed group algebra with a prescribed compatible family of
projections onto the levels R[Γ ⧸ U].
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The projections of mk x hx are the prescribed family x.
The universal property of the completed group algebra: a family of R-algebra
homomorphisms f U : A →ₐ[R] R[Γ ⧸ U], compatible along the maps induced by the quotient maps
Γ ⧸ U → Γ ⧸ V for U ≤ V, assembles into an R-algebra homomorphism A →ₐ[R] R[[Γ]]
whose projection at U is f U (proj_lift). It is the unique such homomorphism
(algHom_ext).
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The projection of the lift of a compatible family f at U is f U.
The lift of a compatible family f composed with the projection at U is f U.
Two R-algebra homomorphisms into the completed group algebra with the same compositions
with every projection are equal; this is the uniqueness half of the universal property.
The group elements inside the completed group algebra: γ goes to the family of the basis
elements at its classes in the quotients Γ ⧸ U. This is the analogue of MonoidAlgebra.of;
its values are units, as it is a homomorphism from a group.
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A group element projects to the basis element of R[Γ ⧸ U] at its class.
Every projection is surjective.
Every element of the completed group algebra agrees at any given level V with a finite
R-linear combination of group elements.
Over a coefficient ring without zero divisors, the completed group algebra has no scalar torsion: every nonzero scalar acts injectively, as it does on each coefficient of each level.
The completed group algebra of a commutative group is commutative.
The completed group algebra of a commutative group, as a commutative ring: the bundled form of
the IsMulCommutative instance, obtained from Mathlib's scoped construction. The ring structure is
the existing one, so this installs no second multiplication.
Over a nontrivial coefficient ring, distinct elements of a profinite group are distinct inside its completed group algebra: the open normal subgroups separate the points.
Over a nontrivial coefficient ring, the completed group algebra of a profinite group is commutative exactly when the group is.
The coefficient of a product at a class g of a finite quotient is the sum, over the classes
h of that quotient, of the products of the coefficients of the factors at h and h⁻¹ * g.
The inverse-limit topology #
All coefficients of all projections, as one additive map into a product of
copies of R. The topology of the completed group algebra is the one induced along this map:
the coarsest topology making every coefficient of every projection continuous.
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The coefficients of an element at a quotient are those of its projection.
An element is determined by the coefficients of its projections.
The inverse-limit topology on the completed group algebra: the topology induced along the
coefficient map coeffFamily R Γ into the product of copies of R.
The topology of the completed group algebra is induced along the coefficient map.
The completed group algebra embeds topologically into the product, over the open normal
subgroups U and the elements of Γ ⧸ U, of copies of R.
Every coefficient of every projection is continuous.
A map into the completed group algebra is continuous exactly when every coefficient of every projection of its values is.
Scalar multiplication by the coefficient ring is continuous: it multiplies every coefficient of every projection by the scalar.
The group elements of the completed group algebra depend continuously on the group element.
Density of the group elements #
The group elements span a dense subspace. The R-span of the group elements is dense in
the completed group algebra.
The results of this section assume that every open normal quotient Γ ⧸ U is finite, so
that each coefficient of a product at U is a finite sum of products of coefficients
(coeff_proj_mul). For a compact Γ with separately continuous multiplication this hypothesis
is Mathlib's instance Finite (Γ ⧸ U.toSubgroup) for open subgroups U, so the instances
below apply to compact groups without further assumptions.
When every open normal quotient of Γ is finite, multiplication in the completed group
algebra is continuous: each coefficient of a product is a finite sum of products of
coefficients.
When every open normal quotient of Γ is finite, the completed group algebra over a
topological ring is a topological ring.
The compatible coefficient families form a closed subset of the product of copies of R,
so the completed group algebra is a closed embedding into it.
When every open normal quotient of Γ is finite, the completed group algebra over a
compact Hausdorff ring with continuous addition is compact.
Over a nontrivial Hausdorff coefficient ring, the group elements of a profinite group form a closed subset of the completed group algebra homeomorphic to the group.
The inverse-limit uniformity #
The inverse-limit uniformity on the completed group algebra: the uniformity induced along the
coefficient map coeffFamily R Γ into the product of copies of R. Its topology is the
inverse-limit topology.
The uniformity of the completed group algebra is induced along the coefficient map.
The coefficient map is a uniform embedding of the completed group algebra into the product,
over the open normal subgroups U and the elements of Γ ⧸ U, of copies of R.