The canonical character of a Demushkin group in normal form #
Let G be a Demushkin group and let e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ r⟩ be a topological isomorphism onto
the pro-p group presented by one of Labute's normal-form words r. The canonical character
TauCeti.demushkinCharacter of G, pulled back along e⁻¹, is a continuous character of the
presented group with the prescription property, so it is the character with the tabulated values
of TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Prescription, and its image is
the closed subgroup of ℤ_pˣ computed in
TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Existence. This file reads both
tables on the canonical character of G through e: the marking of the generators, in the form
the marked classification of Demushkin groups states it, and the image invariant.
The values are tabulated as equations in ℤ_p, χ(x₂)(1 - q) = 1 rather than χ(x₂) = (1 - q)⁻¹,
on the generators TauCeti.presentedProPGen, which are 1 out of range. Because of that
convention a marking clause on a generator beyond the rank is not vacuous but false:
TauCeti.not_marked_of_demushkinRank_le records that no isomorphism onto any presented group
satisfies a clause χ(x_i)(1 - 2^f) = 1 at an index i at or beyond the rank. In particular the
fourth-generator clause of the even dyadic family fails at rank 2, and the third-generator clause
of the odd family fails at rank 1, so any marked form of those families must assume rank at
least 4, respectively 3.
Finally, the images separate Demushkin groups that the pair (n, q) does not: at q = 2 and any
rank n ≥ 3 there are two Demushkin groups of rank n with q = 2 that are not topologically
isomorphic, because their canonical characters have the images {±1} × U^(2) and {±1}
(TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_demushkinQ_eq_two_isEmpty_continuousMulEquiv). For q ≠ 2 the pair
(n, q) is a complete invariant; that is the classification theorem and is not proved here.
Main results #
TauCeti.demushkinCharacter_apply_equiv_symm_of_equiv_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.demushkinCharacter_apply_equiv_symm_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoOdd,TauCeti.demushkinCharacter_apply_equiv_symm_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoOddTop,TauCeti.demushkinCharacter_apply_equiv_symm_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoEven,TauCeti.demushkinCharacter_apply_equiv_symm_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoRankTwo: the character table on the canonical character: along an isomorphism onto a normal form, the canonical character takes the tabulated values on the marked generators.TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_unitsPrincipal_of_equiv_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_bot_of_equiv_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_equiv_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoOdd,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoOdd_one,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoOddTop,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoEven,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoEven_of_not_dvd,TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_of_equiv_demushkinWordTwoRankTwo_of_not_dvd: the image table on the canonical character: a Demushkin group isomorphic to a normal form has the tabulated closed subgroup ofℤ_pˣas the image of its canonical character.TauCeti.not_marked_of_demushkinRank_le: a marking clause on a generator at or beyond the rank is unsatisfiable.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_demushkinQ_eq_two_isEmpty_continuousMulEquiv:(n, q)is not a complete invariant atq = 2.
References #
- J. P. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), 106–132, §3, Theorem 4 and its corollary, and Remark 2.
- J.-P. Serre, Structure de certains pro-p-groupes, Séminaire Bourbaki 252 (1962/63).
- J. Neukirch, A. Schmidt and K. Wingberg, Cohomology of Number Fields, 2nd ed., Chapter III, §9.
The q ≠ 2 normal form x₁^q (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) #
The character table on the canonical character, q ≠ 2. Along an isomorphism
e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁^q (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩, for p ∣ q and n ≥ 2 even, the
canonical character of G satisfies χ(x₂)(1 - q) = 1 and χ(x_i) = 1 for every i ≠ 2, the
generators being read back in G through e⁻¹.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the q ≠ 2 normal form with q = p^f has orientation image
U^(f) = 1 + p^f ℤ_p, for f ≥ 1, and f ≥ 2 when p = 2, and n ≥ 2 even.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the q = 0 normal form has trivial orientation image, for
n ≥ 2 even.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the even-rank form x₁² (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ has orientation
image {±1}, for n ≥ 2 even: this is the q ≠ 2 word at q = 2, the even dyadic form with
α = 0 at level f = ∞.
The q = 2, n odd normal form x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) #
The character table on the canonical character, q = 2 and n odd. Along an isomorphism
e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩, for f ≥ 1 and n ≥ 3 odd, the
canonical character of G satisfies χ(x₁) = -1, χ(x₃)(1 - 2^f) = 1 and χ(x_i) = 1
otherwise.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the odd-rank dyadic normal form at level f has orientation
image {±1} × U^(f), for f ≥ 2 and n ≥ 3 odd.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to ℤ/2 = ⟨x₁ ∣ x₁²⟩ has orientation image {±1}: the odd
word at rank one reads x₁² for every level f.
The q = 2, n odd normal form at level f = ∞, x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) #
The character table on the canonical character, q = 2, n odd, level f = ∞. Along an
isomorphism e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩, for n odd, the canonical
character of G satisfies χ(x₁) = -1 and χ(x_i) = 1 for every i ≠ 1.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the odd-rank dyadic normal form at level f = ∞ has
orientation image {±1}, for n odd.
The q = 2, n even normal form x₁^{2+a} (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^f} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) #
The character table on the canonical character, q = 2 and n even. Along an isomorphism
e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁^{2+a} (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^f} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩, for a even,
f ≥ 1 and n ≥ 4 even, the canonical character of G satisfies χ(x₂)(1 + a) = -1,
χ(x₄)(1 - 2^f) = 1 and χ(x_i) = 1 otherwise.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the even-rank dyadic normal form with 2^f ∣ α has
orientation image {±1} × U^(f), for f ≥ 2 and n ≥ 4 even. This includes α = 0.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the even-rank dyadic normal form whose exponent α has
exact divisibility depth g below the level f has orientation image U^[g], the closed
subgroup generated by -1 + 2^g, for g ≥ 2 and n ≥ 4 even.
The q = 2, n = 2 normal form x₁^{2+a} (x₁, x₂) #
The character table on the canonical character, q = 2 and n = 2. Along an isomorphism
e : G ≃ₜ* ⟨x₁, x₂ ∣ x₁^{2+a} (x₁, x₂)⟩, for a even, the canonical character of G satisfies
χ(x₁) = 1 and χ(x₂)(1 + a) = -1.
A Demushkin group isomorphic to the rank-two dyadic normal form whose exponent α has exact
divisibility depth g has orientation image U^[g], the closed subgroup generated by
-1 + 2^g, for g ≥ 2.
Marking clauses beyond the rank #
A marking clause χ(x_i)(1 - 2^f) = 1 on a generator beyond the rank is unsatisfiable.
For i ≥ demushkinRank hG the generator presentedProPGen 2 _ _ i of any presented group on
Fin (demushkinRank hG) is 1, and every isomorphism and every character sends 1 to 1, so
the clause reads 1 - 2^f = 1, which is false in ℤ₂, for every f, every relator set and every
isomorphism e. At rank 2 and i = 3 this is the fourth-generator clause χ(x₄)(1 - 2^f) = 1
of the even-rank dyadic family, whose other hypotheses are met at rank two by
⟨x₁, x₂ ∣ x₁⁶ (x₁, x₂)⟩ with α = 4, f = 3 and image U^[2]; at rank 1 and i = 2 it is
the third-generator clause of the odd-rank family. This is why any marked statement of those
families must assume rank at least 4, respectively 3.
(n, q) is not a complete invariant at q = 2 #
At q = 2 the pair (n, q) is not a complete invariant of Demushkin groups. For every
n ≥ 3 there are two Demushkin groups of rank n with q = 2, each presented on n generators
by one relator, which are not topologically isomorphic: the images of their canonical characters
are {±1} × U^(2) and {±1}. For n odd they are ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² x₂⁴ (x₂, x₃) ⋯⟩ and
⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯⟩; for n even they are
⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² (x₁, x₂) x₃⁴ (x₃, x₄) ⋯⟩ and ⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ x₁² (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯⟩. At n = 2
every Demushkin group with q = 2 has image
U^[v₂(α)] or {±1}, and at n = 1 the only Demushkin group is ℤ/2.