The orientation image pins the odd dyadic normal form #
Labute's normal form for a Demushkin group G at p = 2 of odd rank n says that G is
presented on n generators by x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n), the level f = ∞, or by
x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n) for some finite level f ≥ 2
(TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Two.Odd.Exact). The level is not
a free parameter: the canonical character of the presented group at level f has image
{±1} × U^(f), at level f = ∞ it has image {±1}, and these closed subgroups of ℤ₂ˣ are
pairwise distinct (TauCeti.unitsPlusMinus_inj, TauCeti.unitsPlusMinus_ne_zpowers_neg_one).
Since the image of the canonical character is an isomorphism invariant, the image of G
determines the level of its normal form. This file draws the two consequences.
First, the image pins the normal form: a Demushkin group of odd rank n whose canonical
character has image {±1} × U^(f) is presented by the level-f word, and one whose canonical
character has image {±1} is presented by the level-∞ word; in relator form, an automorphism of
the free pro-2 group carries any relator in Φ(F) with that image to that word. The finite-level
statements carry the hypothesis 3 ≤ n, because at rank one the image is {±1} whatever the
level, the word x₁² x₂^{2^f} reading x₁² when the second generator is out of range.
Second, the necessity half of the existence theorem for odd rank (Labute, Theorem 1 with
Remark 2; Serre, Theorem 3.2): the image of the canonical character of a Demushkin group of odd
rank is {±1}, or the rank is at least 3 and the image is {±1} × U^(f) for some f ≥ 2. With
the realization half of
TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Existence, the existence theorem
for odd rank becomes an equivalence: a subgroup A ≤ ℤ₂ˣ is the image of the canonical
character of a Demushkin group of odd rank n exactly when A = {±1}, or n ≥ 3 and
A = {±1} × U^(f) for some f ≥ 2. The uniqueness and marked forms of the odd-rank
classification are drawn from the pinned normal form in
TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Uniqueness and
TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Group.Profinite.Demushkin.NormalForm.Marked.
Main results #
TauCeti.freeProP.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_zpowers_neg_one_or_unitsPlusMinus_of_oddand its intrinsic formIsDemushkin.range_demushkinCharacter_eq_zpowers_neg_one_or_unitsPlusMinus_of_odd_demushkinRank: the necessity half of the existence theorem for odd rank, the image of the canonical character of a Demushkin group of odd rank is{±1}, or the rank is at least3and the image is{±1} × U^(f)for somef ≥ 2.TauCeti.freeProP.exists_continuousMulEquiv_apply_eq_demushkinWordTwoOdd_of_range_eq,TauCeti.freeProP.exists_continuousMulEquiv_apply_eq_demushkinWordTwoOddTop_of_range_eq: the image pins the normal form, relator form: an automorphism of the free pro-2group on an odd number of generators carries a relator inΦ(F)presenting a Demushkin group with image{±1} × U^(f), respectively{±1}, to the odd word at levelf, respectively at level∞.TauCeti.IsDemushkin.nonempty_continuousMulEquiv_presentedProP_demushkinWordTwoOdd_of_range_eqandIsDemushkin.nonempty_continuousMulEquiv_presentedProP_demushkinWordTwoOddTop_of_range_eq: the image pins the normal form, intrinsic form.TauCeti.exists_isDemushkin_range_demushkinCharacter_eq_iff_of_odd: the existence theorem of the classification for odd rank, as an equivalence.
References #
- J. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), 106–132, §3, Theorems 1, 3 and 4 and their corollaries, and Remark 2.
- J.-P. Serre, Structure de certains pro-p-groupes (d'après Demuškin), Séminaire Bourbaki 252 (1962/63), Theorem 3.2.
- J.-P. Serre, Galois Cohomology, Chapter I, §4.5.
The image {±1} pins the odd normal form at level f = ∞. A Demushkin group at p = 2
of odd rank n whose canonical character has image {±1} is topologically isomorphic to
⟨x₁, …, x_n ∣ x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩; at rank one this is ℤ/2 = ⟨x₁ ∣ x₁²⟩.
The image {±1} × U^(f) pins the odd normal form at level f. A Demushkin group at
p = 2 of odd rank n ≥ 3 whose canonical character has image {±1} × U^(f), with f ≥ 2, is
topologically isomorphic to ⟨x₁, …, x_n ∣ x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n)⟩.
The necessity half of the existence theorem for odd rank (Labute, Theorem 1 and Remark 2;
Serre, Theorem 3.2). The image of the canonical character of a Demushkin group of odd rank is
{±1}, or the rank is at least 3 and the image is {±1} × U^(f) for some f ≥ 2.
The image {±1} × U^(f) pins the odd normal form at level f, relator form. Let
r ∈ Φ(F) be a relator of the free pro-2 group on an odd number n ≥ 3 of generators
presenting a Demushkin group whose canonical character has image {±1} × U^(f), with f ≥ 2.
Then a continuous automorphism of F carries r to x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n).
The image {±1} pins the odd normal form at level f = ∞, relator form. Let r ∈ Φ(F) be
a relator of the free pro-2 group on an odd number n of generators presenting a Demushkin group
whose canonical character has image {±1}. Then a continuous automorphism of F carries r to
x₁² (x₂, x₃) ⋯ (x_{n-1}, x_n). At rank one this is the relator x₁² of ℤ/2.
The necessity half of the existence theorem for odd rank, relator form (Labute, Theorem 1
and Remark 2). Let r ∈ Φ(F) be a relator of the free pro-2 group on an odd number n of
generators presenting a Demushkin group. Then the image of the canonical character of ⟨X ∣ r⟩ is
{±1}, or n ≥ 3 and the image is {±1} × U^(f) for some f ≥ 2. At rank one the image is
{±1}, the odd word at every level reading x₁² there.
The existence theorem of the classification for odd rank, as an equivalence (Labute,
Theorem 1 and Remark 2; Serre, Theorem 3.2). Let n be odd and let A ≤ ℤ₂ˣ be a subgroup. Then
(n, A) is the pair of invariants of a Demushkin group, presented on n generators by one relator,
exactly when A = {±1}, or n ≥ 3 and A = {±1} × U^(f) for some f ≥ 2. At n = 1 the only
admissible image is {±1}, the image of the canonical character of ℤ/2. Every such A is
closed and pro-2, so no hypothesis on A is needed.