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TauCeti.Topology.Algebra.Nonarchimedean.LinearTopology

A linear topology is nonarchimedean and compatible with multiplication #

If the neighbourhoods of zero of a topological module M over R have a basis of open submodules (IsLinearTopology R M), then every neighbourhood of zero contains an open additive subgroup, namely the underlying subgroup of an open submodule. So M is a nonarchimedean additive group, and a linearly topologized ring is a nonarchimedean ring. A ring that is linearly topologized on both sides, with topological additive group, is a topological ring, because open ideals absorb multiplication.

These are theorems rather than instances: Tau Ceti has the converse instance TauCeti.NonarchimedeanAddGroup.isLinearTopology over a compact ring, and the two together would form an instance loop.

Main results #

A two-sided linearly topologised ring is a topological ring, as soon as its additive group is topological. For a commutative ring the Rᵐᵒᵖ hypothesis is supplied automatically.

A linearly topologized module is a nonarchimedean additive group: each open submodule inside a neighbourhood of zero is an open additive subgroup.

A linearly topologized ring is a nonarchimedean ring: each open ideal inside a neighbourhood of zero is an open additive subgroup.