The existence theorem of the classification of Demushkin groups #
The classification of Demushkin groups attaches to a Demushkin group G its rank n and the
image A ≤ ℤ_pˣ of its canonical character, the unique continuous character with the prescription
property (TauCeti.HasPrescriptionProperty). Labute's existence theorem (Theorem 1 with Remark 2,
after Serre) says which pairs (n, A), with A a closed pro-p subgroup of ℤ_pˣ, occur:
neven andp ^ n > (A : A^p);nodd withn ≥ 3, sop = 2, andA = {±1} × U^(f)with2 ≤ f ≤ ∞;n = 1andA = {±1}.
This file proves the realization half for every pair of the three situations: each such pair is
the pair of invariants of a Demushkin group, exhibited as a one-relator pro-p group
⟨x₁, …, xₙ ∣ r⟩ on n generators, presented by one of the normal-form words of
TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Basic. The realizing group is
Demushkin of rank n (TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.IsDemushkin),
it has exactly one continuous character with the prescription property
(TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Prescription), and the image of
that character is A, which is what the statements here add: for each normal form, the image of
every character with the prescription property, read off the forced values of that character.
The pairs are matched to the words through the classification of the closed subgroups of ℤ_pˣ,
the principal unit groups for odd p and Labute's four families
U^(f), {±1} × U^(f), {±1}, U^[f] for p = 2:
A | realizing relator |
|---|---|
1 | (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), q = 0 |
U^(f) = 1 + p^f ℤ_p | x₁^{p^f} (x₁, x₂) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) |
{±1}, n even | x₁² (x₁, x₂) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), q = 2 |
{±1} × U^(f), n even | x₁² (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^f} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), n ≥ 4 |
{±1} × U^(f), n odd | x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) |
{±1}, n odd, n ≥ 3 | x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), the level f = ∞ |
U^[g], n = 2 | x₁^{2 + 2^g} (x₁, x₂) |
U^[g], n ≥ 4 | x₁^{2 + 2^g} (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^{g+1}} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ |
{±1}, n = 1 | x₁², the group ℤ/2 |
The condition p ^ n > (A : A^p) of the even case is exactly what excludes n = 0 and, at
p = 2, the non-procyclic family {±1} × U^(f) in rank two, where (A : A²) = 4. In the odd
case the endpoint f = ∞ is the row A = {±1} = {±1} × U^(∞), realized by the odd word at level
f = ∞, and the rank-one situation is its instance n = 1, where that word reads x₁².
The converse half of the existence theorem, that no other pair occurs, is proved here for the
Demushkin groups with q ≠ 2, which are those whose canonical character lands in 1 + 4ℤ_2 when
p = 2 (TauCeti.demushkinQ_ne_two_iff_range_demushkinCharacter_le). It needs no normal form:
the rank is even because the cup form is alternating
(TauCeti.IsDemushkin.even_demushkinRank_of_demushkinQ_ne_two), and the image is 1 + qℤ_p or
trivial (TauCeti.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_unitsPrincipal), with (A : A^p) ≤ p < p ^ n. On
that locus the existence theorem is therefore an equivalence. For q = 2 the converse is Labute's
Theorem 1 through the dyadic normal forms and is not proved here.
Main results #
TauCeti.range_eq_unitsPrincipal_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_eq_bot_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordNeTwo,TauCeti.range_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoOdd,TauCeti.range_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoOdd_one,TauCeti.range_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoOddTop,TauCeti.range_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoEven,TauCeti.range_eq_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoEven_of_not_dvd,TauCeti.range_eq_of_hasPrescriptionProperty_demushkinWordTwoRankTwo_of_not_dvd: the image of the canonical character of each normal form, as the image of any character with the prescription property; the last two are the twisted subgroupsU^[g]of the words whose exponentαhas exact divisibility depthg, below the levelfin the even-rank word onn ≥ 4generators and with no level condition in rank two.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_bot_of_even,TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_unitsPrincipal_of_even,TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_even,TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_even,TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_topologicalClosure_zpowers_of_even: each family of closed subgroups ofℤ_pˣis realized in even rank by the normal form of the table.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_of_even_of_lt: the existence theorem in even rank: forneven andA ≤ ℤ_pˣclosed and pro-pwith(A : A^p) < p ^ n, a Demushkin group of ranknpresented onngenerators by one relator, whose unique character with the prescription property has imageA.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_unitsPlusMinus_of_odd: the existence theorem in odd rankn ≥ 3, forA = {±1} × U^(f)with2 ≤ f < ∞.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_eq_zpowers_neg_one_of_odd: the existence theorem in odd rank at levelf = ∞, forA = {±1}and every oddn.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_one_range_eq_zpowers_neg_one: the existence theorem in rank one, forA = {±1}, the instancen = 1of the previous statement.TauCeti.IsDemushkin.profiniteIndex_subgroupOf_map_powMonoidHom_range_lt_of_demushkinQ_ne_two: the necessity half forq ≠ 2: the imageAof the canonical character of a Demushkin group of ranknwithq ≠ 2has(A : A^p) < p ^ n.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_demushkinCharacter_eq_iff: the existence theorem forq ≠ 2as an equivalence: forA ≤ ℤ_pˣclosed and pro-p, contained in1 + 4ℤ_2whenp = 2, the pair(n, A)is realized exactly whennis even and(A : A^p) < p ^ n.
References #
- J. P. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), 106–132, Theorem 1, Theorem 4 and its corollary, and Remark 2.
- J.-P. Serre, Structure de certains pro-p-groupes, Séminaire Bourbaki 252 (1962/63), Theorem 3.2.
- J. Neukirch, A. Schmidt and K. Wingberg, Cohomology of Number Fields, 2nd ed., (3.9.10) and (3.9.19).
The image of the canonical character of each normal form #
The image of a character with the prescription property of the q ≠ 2 normal form is the
closed subgroup generated by its value on x₂, for p ∣ q and n ≥ 2 even.
The image of the canonical character of the q ≠ 2 normal form is U^(f) = 1 + qℤ_p, for
q = p ^ f with f ≥ 1, and f ≥ 2 when p = 2, and n ≥ 2 even: any character with the
prescription property takes x₂ to (1 - q)⁻¹, of exact level f.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 0 normal form is trivial, for n ≥ 2
even: the relator (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) has no p-power part, and any character with
the prescription property takes x₂ to (1 - 0)⁻¹ = 1.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 2 even-rank form x₁² (x₁, x₂) ⋯ is
{±1}, for n ≥ 2 even: any character with the prescription property takes x₂ to
(1 - 2)⁻¹ = -1. This is the even-rank form with α = 0 and level f = ∞, whose image is the
endpoint V^(∞) = {±1} of the table.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 2, n odd normal form is
{±1} × U^(f), for f ≥ 2 and n ≥ 3 odd: any character with the prescription property takes
x₁ to -1 and x₃ to (1 - 2^f)⁻¹.
The image of the canonical character of ℤ/2 is {±1}: presented on one generator by
x₁², which is the odd word at rank one for every level f, any character with the prescription
property is the sign character χ(x₁) = -1.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 2, n odd normal form at level f = ∞
is {±1}, for n odd: any character with the prescription property takes x₁ to -1 and every
other generator to 1.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 2, n even normal form when
2^f ∣ α is {±1} × U^(f), for f ≥ 2 and n ≥ 4 even: any character with the prescription
property takes x₂ to -(1 + α)⁻¹ ∈ -U^(f) and x₄ to (1 - 2^f)⁻¹. This includes α = 0.
The image of the canonical character of the q = 2, n even normal form whose exponent
α has exact divisibility depth g below the level f is the twisted subgroup U^[g], the
closed subgroup generated by -1 + 2^g, for g ≥ 2 and n ≥ 4 even: any character with the
prescription property takes x₂ to -(1 + α)⁻¹, which generates U^[g] because -(1 + α)⁻¹ has
exact level g, and x₄ to (1 - 2^f)⁻¹ ∈ U^(f) ≤ U^(g+1) ≤ U^[g]. Neither α within its
valuation nor the level f above g = v₂(α) is an invariant: every such pair presents a group
with the same invariants.
The image of the canonical character of the rank-two q = 2 normal form whose exponent α
has exact divisibility depth g is the twisted subgroup U^[g], the closed subgroup generated
by -1 + 2^g, for g ≥ 2: any character with the prescription property takes x₂ to
-(1 + α)⁻¹, which generates U^[g] because -(1 + α)⁻¹ has exact level g.
The existence theorem #
Each family of closed subgroups of ℤ_pˣ is realized by one normal form; the existence theorem
in even rank is the case analysis over the classification of the closed subgroups.
The trivial subgroup is realized in every even rank n ≥ 2, by the relator
(x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) with q = 0, whose canonical character is trivial.
The principal unit group U^(f) = 1 + p^f ℤ_p is realized in every even rank n ≥ 2, for
f ≥ 1, and f ≥ 2 when p = 2, by the relator x₁^{p^f} (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n).
The subgroup {±1} is realized in every even rank n ≥ 2, by the relator
x₁² (x₁, x₂)(x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) with q = 2: the even dyadic form with α = 0 at level
f = ∞.
The subgroup {±1} × U^(f) is realized in every even rank n ≥ 4, for f ≥ 2, by the
relator x₁² (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^f} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n): the even dyadic form with α = 0.
The twisted subgroup U^[g], generated by -1 + 2^g, is realized in every even rank
n ≥ 2, for g ≥ 2: by the relator x₁^{2 + 2^g} (x₁, x₂) in rank two, and by
x₁^{2 + 2^g} (x₁, x₂) x₃^{2^{g+1}} (x₃, x₄) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) in rank n ≥ 4; these are the even
dyadic forms with α = 2^g and v₂(α) < f.
The existence theorem of the classification of Demushkin groups, even rank (Labute,
Theorem 1 and Remark 2; Serre, Theorem 3.2). Let n be even and let A ≤ ℤ_pˣ be a closed pro-p
subgroup with (A : A^p) < p ^ n as supernatural numbers. Then there is a Demushkin group of rank
n, presented on n generators by a single relator r, which has exactly one continuous
character with the prescription property, and that character has image A.
The hypothesis (A : A^p) < p ^ n excludes n = 0 and, at p = 2, the subgroups {±1} × U^(f)
in rank two, where (A : A²) = 4; every other closed pro-p subgroup is realized in every even
rank n ≥ 2. The pro-p hypothesis on A is used for odd p, where it places A inside the
principal units 1 + pℤ_p; every closed subgroup of ℤ_2ˣ is pro-2.
The existence theorem of the classification of Demushkin groups, odd rank n ≥ 3 (Labute,
Theorem 1; Serre, Theorem 3.2). For n ≥ 3 odd and 2 ≤ f < ∞, there is a Demushkin group of
rank n, presented on n generators by the single relator
x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), which has exactly one continuous character with the
prescription property, and that character has image {±1} × U^(f). Here p = 2, the only prime
with Demushkin groups of odd rank.
The existence theorem of the classification of Demushkin groups, odd rank at level f = ∞
(Labute, Theorem 1 and Remark 2; Serre, Theorem 3.2). For n odd, there is a Demushkin group of
rank n, presented on n generators by the single relator x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), which
has exactly one continuous character with the prescription property, and that character has image
{±1} = {±1} × U^(∞). Here p = 2, the only prime with Demushkin groups of odd rank.
The existence theorem of the classification of Demushkin groups, rank one (Labute,
Remark 2 (iii); NSW (3.9.10)). There is a Demushkin group of rank 1, presented on one generator by
the single relator x₁², namely ℤ/2, which has exactly one continuous character with the
prescription property, and that character has image {±1}. This is the instance n = 1 of the
odd-rank statement at level f = ∞, whose relator word reads x₁² at rank one.
The necessity half for q ≠ 2 #
The necessity half of the existence theorem for q ≠ 2 (Labute, Theorem 1). For a
Demushkin group G of rank n with q(G) ≠ 2, the image A of its canonical character has
(A : A^p) < p ^ n. Indeed A is trivial, with (A : A^p) = 1, or the principal unit group
1 + qℤ_p, with (A : A^p) = p, while n ≥ 2. Together with the parity of the rank
(TauCeti.IsDemushkin.even_demushkinRank_of_demushkinQ_ne_two), this places (n, A) in the first
situation of the existence theorem.
The existence theorem of the classification for q ≠ 2, as an equivalence (Labute,
Theorem 1 and Remark 2; Demushkin and Serre). Let A ≤ ℤ_pˣ be a closed pro-p subgroup,
contained in 1 + 4ℤ_2 when p = 2; these are the possible images of the canonical characters of
the Demushkin groups with q ≠ 2
(TauCeti.demushkinQ_ne_two_iff_range_demushkinCharacter_le). Then (n, A) is the pair of
invariants of a Demushkin group, presented on n generators by one relator, exactly when n is
even and (A : A^p) < p ^ n. Together with
TauCeti.IsDemushkin.nonempty_continuousMulEquiv_of_range_demushkinCharacter_eq, this classifies
the Demushkin groups with q ≠ 2 by their rank and the image of their canonical character.