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ANT week 6. Sth around Ideal Norm

The partial order of ideal in Dedekind Domain

Recall Lemma 5 in last section, in a Dedekind Domain R, we have

A|BB=AC

Let I(R) be the set of ideals. We already know that, it is a partial order set under |, and it is a monoid under .

Lemma 5 tells us that the order and the operation are congruent.

Indeed, let P be the set of prime ideals in R, then we have the embedding of poset.

I(R)pPZ,I=pPpep

Here pPZ has the product order.

Ideal Norm

Definition. Let A be a ring and IA be an ideal, we define N(I)=|A/I| to be the absolute norm of the ideal.

Example. For mZ, then N(m)=|Z/mZ|=m.

In general, for I,J such that I+J=R, then IJ=IJ since I+J=RaI,bJ,a+b=1

For any xIJ,x=x(a+b)=xa+xbIJ. Hence we have N(IJ)=|A/IJ|=|A/IJ|=|A/I×A/J|=N(I)N(J).

Proposition. Let A be a Dedekind Domain, then for any ideal I,JA,N(IJ)=N(I)N(J).

Proof. If N(I)=, then

IJIA/IJA/IN(IJ)=

Now let us deal with finite case.

Consider the following short exact sequence for finite set

0AαBβC0

Then we have |B|=|A||C|. Since CB/A.

Then consider

0pk/pk+1R/pk+1R/pk0

Notice that pk/pk+1A/p since Ann(pk/pk+1)={aA:apkpk+1}=(pk+1:pk)=p.

Hence we could view pk/pk+1 as a A/p vector space. If there is a subspace V such that 0Vpk/pk+1

Then consider π1(V), where π:AA/pk+1. We know that π1(V) is an A submodule of A, hence an ideal. But there is no ideal between pk+1pk. Hence V=0V=pk/pk+1. Therefore, we have dimA/p(pk/pk+1)=1, hence pk/pk+1A/p.

This implies that

N(pk+1)=N(p)N(pk)

By induction we have

N(pe)=N(p)e

Then for any ideal I,J, we have

N(IJ)=N(pi1ei1...pineinpj1ej1...pjmejm)=N(I)N(J)

even if they are not coprime.

Hence we could extend the norm map to a group homomorphism from ideal group of A to Q+ by the universal property of Grothendieck Group. If the ideal norm is finite.

Ideal Norm for OK

OK as lattice in Rn via Minkowski embedding

The ideal norm for OK is always finite, and it has some connections between ideal norm and Disc(x1,...,xn).

Lemma. Let IOK be an ideal, then I is a free Z-module with rank n=[K:Q].

Proof. We already know that IOKZn, hence I is a free Z module with rank(I)n. Now we only need to prove that

the rank is n. Let ω1,...,ωn be a Z basis of OK and αI. Let t=NK/Q(α)Z. Then take t/α, which is product of some conjugate of α, hence t/αOK. Hence t=(t/α)αI. Then we have

tω1,...,tωnI and linearly independent

Definition. Minkowski embedding

Let K be a number field, with [K:Q]=n=r+2s. Where r is the number of real embedding and s is the number of pair of complex embedding. Let HomQ(K,C)={σ1,...,σr,τ1,τ1,...,τs,τs}.

Take the primitive element θ such that K=Q[θ], we have KQ[x]/(f(x)).

KKQRR[x]/(f(x))Rr×Cs

Which is

Φ:=k(σ1(k),...,σr(k),τ1(k),...,τs(k))

We call this map Minkowski embedding.

We define the Inner product on Rr×Cs by

x,y=i=1rxiyi+j=1s(zjwj+zjwj)

Where x=(x1,...,xr,z1,...,zs),y=(y1,...,yr,w1,...,ws).

Then we have TrK/Q(xy)=Φ(x),Φ(y).

Definition. Ideal norm in OK, [K:Q]=n

Let IOK be an ideal. Let ω1,...,ωk be the basis of OK and α1,...,αn be the basis of I.

Then there exists a matrix T such that T(ωi)=αi.

This is invariant under the change of basis since we have det:GL(R)U(R), and U(Z)=±1.

We claim that |detT|=N(I).

By the structure theorem of finitely generated module over PID, we could find a basis of I such that αi=diωi.

Hence we have a linear map:

T=diag(d1,...,dn):Zω1...ZωnZd1ω1...Zdnωn

Easy to see that det(T)=d1...dn, Also we have

OK/I(Zω1...Zωn)/(Zd1ω1...Zdnωn)Z/d1Z...Z/dnZ

Thus

|det(T)|=|OK/I|

Then you can see the geometric meaning of the ideal norm.

Corollary. The ideal norm for OK is finite.

Corollary. OK is Dedekind Domain.

Proof. We already know that OK is integrally closed and Noetherian. Now we need to prove the Krull dimension is 1.

Since N(p)=|A/p| is finite and every finite integral domain is field.

Remark. Indeed, let A be an Artinian integral domain, then A is a field. Let 0aA, and consider the following descending chain

(a)(a2)(a3)...

Assume this chain stable at (an), then (an)=(an+1), there exists a b such that ban+1=anba=1.

Let I be an ideal, and α1,...,αn be a Z basis of I.

We have

Disc(α1,...,αn)=det(T)2Disc(K)

But we know that det(T)=N(I). Hence Disc(α1,...αn)=N(I)2Disc(K).

Corollary. Ideal norm and norm of element.

Let 0aOK, then we claim that |NK/Q(a)|=N(a).

Proof. Let ω1,...,ωn be the basis of OK, then aω1,...,aωn is the basis of a. Then we have

Disc(aω1,...,aωn)=N(a)2Disc(K)

But Disc(aω1,...,aωn)=det(σi(aωj))2=(i=1nσi(a))2det(σi(ωj))=NK/Q(a)2Disc(K).

Application. Consider Z[i], how do you compute Z[i]/(3+i)? Well, we have |Z[i]/(3+i)|=32+12=10. But the only abelian group with order 10 is Z/10Z, and there is only one ring structure on Z/10Z.

Theorem. Let I be a nonzero ideal in OK.

(1) If N(I) is prime, then I is prime. (2) N(I)I. (3) If I is a prime ideal, then IZ=(p) for some (p) and N(I)=pn for some nN,n[K:Q].

Proof. We prove (3) first. This follows directly from the definition of Spec:CRingTop. We have IZ=i1(I)SpecZ, where i is the universal map from Z to OK. Since I is prime, hence a maximal ideal in OK, we have that OK/I is a finite field, hence OK/IFpm. Thus N(I)=pm. To see that m[K:Q]=n, we have the following maps of Z-module homomorphism.

OKOK/pOKOKZZ/pZZnZZ/pZFpnOK/IFpm

Now let us prove (2). We prove sth more general first.

Let IR be an ideal and view R/I as an R-module, then we cliam that AnnR(R/I)=I. It follows from

rAnnR(R/I)r1I

Now since |OK/I|=N(I), Lagrange’s theorem tells us that N(I)AnnOK(Ok/I)=I.

For (1), let us prove something much more general.

Definition. Let C be a category and f:XY be a morphism that is not an isomorphism. We say f is irreducible if

f=ghg is invertible or h is invertible

Theorem. Let F:CD be a functor that reflects isomorphisms, i.e., F(f) is invertible implies f is invertible, then F reflects irreducibility, i.e., F(f) is irreducible implies f is irreducible.

Proof. Let F(f) be irreducible, and assume that f is not irreducible, so f=gh such that both g and h are not invertible. Then F(f)=F(gh)=F(g)F(h). But since F reflects isomorphisms and every functor preserves isomorphisms, hence F(g) and F(h) are not isomorphisms, which contradicts the fact that F(f) is irreducible.

To apply this theorem to (1), we need to associate a monoid with a category, hence we define the following functor.

Definition. Let B:MonCat be a functor from the category of monoids to the category of small categories as follows:

image-20250719205240101

For a monoid M, define B(M) to be the category with Ob(B(M)):={}, Mor(B(M)):=M. The composition of morphisms is given by the binary operation in the monoid. It is easy to see that a monoid homomorphism will induce a functor automatically.

Proof of (1) Now let M=I(OK) be the monoid of ideals, consider B(N):B(M)B(N), we know that N(I)=1I=OK, and the unique isomorphism in B(N) is 1. Hence we have that N reflects isomorphisms, thus reflects irreducibility. Thus if N(I) is prime, then I is prime.

Remark. Another example of a functor that reflects isomorphisms and hence reflects irreducibility is given by the degree of field extension. Here we define

deg:FieldB(N)

by deg(L/F)=[L:F]. It is easy to see that deg(L/F)=1LF. Hence if we have deg(L/F)=p, then there is no nontrivial field extension between F and L.

Remark. You should view B(M) as the syntax category of M action, and category of M-Set, i.e. SetB(M) as the category of semantics of B(M) in Set.

Euler Function on Dedekind Domain

Let I(A) be the ideal monoid of a Dedekind Domain A. We define the Euler function on I(A) by

φ(I)=|U(A/I)|

Obviously when I+J=A, we have φ(IJ)=φ(I)φ(J) by CRT and unit functor is right adjoint of group algebra.

Now let us study the value of φ(p) .

Lemma. φ(pe)=N(p)eN(p)e1.

Proof. Since p is maximal ideal, hence A/pe is local ring. φ(pe)=N(pe)|p/pe|.

We have the following short exact sequence.

0p/peR/peR/p0
N(pe)=N(p)e=|p/pe|N(p)|p/pe|=N(p)e1

Arithmetic function ring on the ideal monoid.

Indeed, we should study Arithmetic function ring on the ideal monoid for a Dedekind Domain.

I think the theory will look very similar to the traditional case (click here). But I do not have time to write it.

 

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