The standard orientation of D₀ #
The standard dyadic one-relator pro-2 group D₀ = ⟨A, S, Y ∣ A²S⁴(S,Y)⟩ carries a marked
continuous character D₀ → ℤ_2ˣ, its standard orientation, with values -1, 1 and (-3)⁻¹
on A, S and Y. It exists because these values kill the relator: (-1)² · 1⁴ · 1 = 1, the
commutator dying because ℤ_2ˣ is abelian. In the normal form x₁² x₂^{2^f} (x₂, x₃) of a
Demushkin group of odd rank with q = 2, these are the tabulated character values at f = 2,
namely χ(x₁) = -1 and χ(x₃) = (1 - 2²)⁻¹, so the orientation is surjective: -1 and -3
topologically generate ℤ_2ˣ = {±1} × (1 + 4ℤ_2). The marked generators topologically generate
D₀, so the standard orientation is the only continuous character with these values.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.negThreeUnit: the2-adic unit-3, whose negative is-1 + 2²(TauCeti.negThreeUnit_neg_coe).TauCeti.standardD0Orientation: the standard orientationD₀ →ₜ* ℤ_2ˣ, with its valuesTauCeti.standardD0Orientation_d0A,TauCeti.standardD0Orientation_d0SandTauCeti.standardD0Orientation_d0Y.
Main results #
TauCeti.standardD0Orientation_relator: any character of the free pro-2group with values-1onAand1onSkills the relatorA²S⁴(S,Y), regardless of its value onY.TauCeti.standardD0Orientation_surjective,TauCeti.range_standardD0Orientation: the standard orientation is surjective, so its image is all ofℤ_2ˣ.TauCeti.standardD0Orientation_unique: it is the only continuous character ofD₀with these values on the marked generators.
References #
- J. P. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), 106–132, Theorem 4 and its corollary.
- J. Neukirch, A. Schmidt, K. Wingberg, Cohomology of Number Fields, 2nd ed., Chapter III, §9.
- D. Roe, D. Turturean, A Presentation of the Absolute Galois Group of ℚ₂, preprint (2026).
The 2-adic unit with value -3, whose inverse is the value of the standard orientation
of D₀ on Y.
Instances For
The negative of negThreeUnit is 3 = -1 + 2 ^ 2, the generator -1 + 2 ^ k at k = 2 of the
twisted closed subgroups U^[k] of ℤ₂ˣ.
The inverse of negThreeUnit is the value (1 - 2 ^ 2)⁻¹ of the orientation character table:
(-3)⁻¹ · (1 - 2²) = 1.
Any character of the free pro-2 group on A, S, Y with values -1 on A and 1 on S
kills the relator A²S⁴(S,Y), regardless of its value on Y: (-1)² · 1⁴ · 1 = 1.
The standard orientation of D₀: the continuous character D₀ →ₜ* ℤ_2ˣ with values
-1, 1, (-3)⁻¹ on the marked generators A, S, Y.
Instances For
The standard orientation sends A to -1.
The standard orientation sends S to 1.
The standard orientation sends Y to (-3)⁻¹.
The standard orientation of D₀ is surjective: its range is closed, being the continuous
image of a compact group, and contains -1 and (-3)⁻¹, which topologically generate
ℤ_2ˣ = {±1} × (1 + 4ℤ_2).
The image of the standard orientation is ℤ₂ˣ: TauCeti.standardD0Orientation_surjective
as an equation of subgroups, stated on the underlying monoid homomorphism.
The standard orientation is the only continuous character of D₀ with values -1, 1,
(-3)⁻¹ on A, S, Y, because the marked generators topologically generate D₀.