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Theorem 2.2. (The prime number theorem for polynomials) Let \( {a}_{n} \) denote the number of monic irreducible polynomials in \( A = \mathbb{F}\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) of degree \( n \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{a}_{n} = \frac{{q}^{n}}{n} + O\left( \frac{{q}^{\frac{n}{2}}}{n}\right)\n\]
Note that if we set \( x = {q}^{n} \) the right-hand side of this equation is \( x/{\log }_{q}\left( x\right) + O\left( {\sqrt{x}/{\log }_{q}\left( x\right) }\right) \) which looks like the conjectured precise form of the classical prime number theorem. This is still not proven. It depends on the truth of the Riemann h...
No
Proposition 2.4. Let the prime decomposition of \( f \) be given as above. Then,\n\n\[ \Phi \left( f\right) = \left| f\right| \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{P \mid f}}\left( {1 - {\left| P\right| }^{-1}}\right) \]\n\n\[ d\left( f\right) = \left( {{e}_{1} + 1}\right) \left( {{e}_{2} + 1}\right) \ldots \left( {{e}_{t} + 1}\rig...
Proof. The formula for \( \Phi \left( n\right) \) has already been given in Proposition 1.7.\n\nIf \( P \) is a monic irreducible, the only monic divisors of \( {P}^{e} \) are \( 1, P \) , \( {P}^{2},\ldots ,{P}^{e} \) so \( d\left( {P}^{e}\right) = e + 1 \) and the second formula follows.\n\nBy the above paragraph, \(...
Yes
Proposition 2.5. \( {D}_{d}\left( s\right) = {\zeta }_{A}{\left( s\right) }^{2} = {\left( 1 - qu\right) }^{-2} \) . Consequently, \( D\left( n\right) = \) \( \left( {n + 1}\right) {q}^{n} \) .
Proof.\n\n\[ \n{\zeta }_{A}{\left( s\right) }^{2} = \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{h}\frac{1}{{\left| h\right| }^{s}}}\right) \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{g}\frac{1}{{\left| g\right| }^{s}}}\right) = \n\]\n\n\[ \n\mathop{\sum }\limits_{f}\left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{h, g} \\ {{hg} = f} }}1}\right) \frac{...
Yes
Proposition 2.6.\n\n\[ \n{D}_{\lambda }\left( s\right) {D}_{\rho }\left( s\right) = {D}_{\lambda * \rho }\left( s\right) .\n\]
Proof. The calculation is just like that of Proposition 2.5.\n\n\[ \n{D}_{\lambda }\left( s\right) {D}_{\rho }\left( s\right) = \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{h}\frac{\lambda \left( h\right) }{{\left| h\right| }^{s}}}\right) \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{g}\frac{\rho \left( g\right) }{{\left| g\right| }^{s}}}\right) =...
Yes
Proposition 2.7.\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{\deg f = n} \\ {f\text{ monic }} }}\Phi \left( f\right) = {q}^{2n}\left( {1 - {q}^{-1}}\right) . \]
Proof. Let \( A\left( n\right) \) be the left-hand side of the above equation. Then, with the usual transformation \( u = {q}^{-s} \), Equation 6 becomes\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }A\left( n\right) {u}^{n} = \frac{1 - {qu}}{1 - {q}^{2}u}. \]\n\nNow, expand \( {\left( 1 - {q}^{2}u\right) }^{-1} \) in...
Yes
Proposition 2.8.\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{\deg \left( f\right) = n} \\ {f\text{ monic }} }}\sigma \left( f\right) = {q}^{2n} \cdot \frac{1 - {q}^{-n - 1}}{1 - {q}^{-1}}. \]
Proof. Define \( S\left( n\right) \) to be the sum on the left hand side of the above equation. Then, making the substitution \( u = {q}^{-s} \) in Equation 7 we find\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }S\left( n\right) {u}^{n} = {\left( 1 - qu\right) }^{-1}{\left( 1 - {q}^{2}u\right) }^{-1}. \]\n\nExpanding...
Yes
Proposition 3.1. The d-th power residue symbol has the following properties:\n\n1) \( {\left( \frac{a}{P}\right) }_{d} = {\left( \frac{b}{P}\right) }_{d} \) if \( a \equiv b\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;P}\right) \).\n\n2) \( {\left( \frac{ab}{P}\right) }_{d} = {\left( \frac{a}{P}\right) }_{d}{\left( \frac{b}{P}\right)...
Proof. The first assertion follows immediately from the definition. The second follows from the definition and the fact that if two constants are congruent modulo \( P \) then they are equal. The third assertion follows from the definition and Proposition 1.10. Finally, note that the map from \( {\left( A/PA\right) }^{...
Yes
Proposition 3.2. Let \( \alpha \in \mathbb{F} \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{\left( \frac{\alpha }{P}\right) }_{d} = {\alpha }^{\frac{q - 1}{d}\deg \left( P\right) }\n\]
Proof. Let \( \delta = \deg \left( P\right) \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n\frac{\left| P\right| - 1}{d} = \frac{{q}^{\delta } - 1}{d} = \left( {1 + q + \cdots + {q}^{\delta - 1}}\right) \frac{q - 1}{d}.\n\]\n\nThe result now follows from the definition and the fact that for all \( \alpha \in \mathbb{F} \) we have \( {\alpha }^{q}...
Yes
Proposition 3.4. The symbol \( {\left( a/b\right) }_{d} \) has the following properties.\n\n1) If \( {a}_{1} \equiv {a}_{2}\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;b}\right) \) then \( {\left( {a}_{1}/b\right) }_{d} = {\left( {a}_{2}/b\right) }_{d} \) .\n\n2) \( {\left( {a}_{1}{a}_{2}/b\right) }_{d} = {\left( {a}_{1}/b\right) }_{...
Proof. Properties 1 -4 follow from the definition and the properties of the symbol \( {\left( a/P\right) }_{d} \) .\n\nTo show property 5, suppose \( {c}^{d} \equiv a\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;b}\right) \) . Then, by properties 1 and \( 2,{\left( a/b\right) }_{d} = {\left( {c}^{d}/b\right) }_{d} = {\left( c/b\right)...
Yes
Theorem 3.5. (The general reciprocity law). Let \( a, b \in A \) be relatively prime, non-zero elements. Then,\n\n\[{\left( \frac{a}{b}\right) }_{d}{\left( \frac{b}{a}\right) }_{d}^{-1} = {\left( -1\right) }^{\frac{q - 1}{d}\deg \left( a\right) \deg \left( b\right) }{\operatorname{sgn}}_{d}{\left( a\right) }^{\deg \lef...
Proof. When \( a \) and \( b \) are monic irreducibles this reduces to Theorem 3.3. In general, the proof proceeds by appealing to Proposition 3.2, Theorem 3.3, the definitions, and the fact that the degree of a product of two polynomials is equal to the sum of their degrees. We omit the details.
No
Proposition 3.6. With the above assumptions we have\n\n1) If \( \deg \left( m\right) \) is even, \( \left( {q - 1}\right) /d \) is even, or \( p = \operatorname{char}\left( F\right) = 2, m \) is a \( d \) -th power modulo \( P \) iff \( P \equiv {a}_{i}\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;m}\right) \) for some \( i = 1,2,\ldo...
Proof. By Theorem 3.5, we have\n\n\[ \n{\left( \frac{m}{P}\right) }_{d} = {\left( -1\right) }^{\frac{q - 1}{d}\deg \left( m\right) \deg \left( P\right) }{\left( \frac{P}{m}\right) }_{d}.\n\]\nIf any of the conditions in Part 1 hold, we have \( {\left( m/P\right) }_{d} = {\left( P/m\right) }_{d} \) and this gives the re...
Yes
Proposition 4.1. We have\n\n\[ \log {\zeta }_{A}\left( s\right) \approx \log \left( \frac{1}{s - 1}\right) \approx \mathop{\sum }\limits_{P}{\left| P\right| }^{-s}, \]\n\nwhere the sum is over all irreducible monic polynomials \( P \) .
Proof. Since \( {\zeta }_{A}\left( s\right) = {\left( 1 - {q}^{1 - s}\right) }^{-1} \) we see that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{s \rightarrow 1}}\left( {s - 1}\right) {\zeta }_{A}\left( s\right) = 1/\log \left( q\right) \). Thus, \( \log {\zeta }_{A}\left( s\right) - \log {\left( s - 1}\right) }^{-1} \) is bounded as \( ...
Yes
Proposition 4.2. Let \( \chi \) and \( \psi \) be two Dirichlet characters modulo \( m \) and \( a \) and \( b \) two elements of \( A \) relatively prime to \( m \) . Then\n\n(1) \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{a}\chi \left( a\right) \overline{\psi \left( a\right) } = \Phi \left( m\right) \delta \left( {\chi ,\psi }\right) ...
The proofs of all these facts are standard. For the corresponding facts over the integers, \( \mathbb{Z} \), the reader can consult, for example, Ireland-Rosen [1], Chapter 16, Section 3. The relations given in the above proposition are called the orthogonality relations.
No
Proposition 4.3. Let \( \chi \) be a non-trivial Dirichlet character modulo \( m \) . Then, \( L\left( {s,\chi }\right) \) is a polynomial in \( {q}^{-s} \) of degree at most \( \deg \left( m\right) - 1 \) .
Proof. Define\n\n\[ A\left( {n,\chi }\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( f\right) = n}}\chi \left( f\right) \]\n\n\[ f\text{monic} \]\n\nIt is clear from the definition of \( L\left( {s,\chi }\right) \) that\n\n\[ L\left( {s,\chi }\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }A\left( {n,\chi }\right) {q}...
Yes
Lemma 4.4. Let \( \chi \) vary over all Dirichlet characters modulo \( m \) . Then, for each prime \( P \) not dividing \( m \), there exist positive integers \( {f}_{P} \) and \( {g}_{P} \) such that \( {f}_{P}{g}_{P} = \Phi \left( m\right) \) and \[ \mathop{\prod }\limits_{\chi }L\left( {s,\chi }\right) = \mathop{\pr...
Proof. For a fixed prime \( P \) not dividing \( m \), the map \( \chi \rightarrow \chi \left( P\right) \) is a homomorphism from the group \( {X}_{m} \rightarrow {\mathbb{C}}^{ * } \) . The image must be a cyclic group of order \( {f}_{P} \), say, generated by \( {\zeta }_{{f}_{p}} \) . If \( {g}_{P} \) is the order o...
Yes
Lemma 4.5. Suppose \( \chi \) is a complex Dirichlet character modulo \( m \), i.e. \( \bar{\chi } \neq \chi \) . Then, \( L\left( {1,\chi }\right) \neq 0 \) .
Proof. The right-hand side of the equation in the statement of Lemma 4.4 is equal to a Dirichlet series with positive coefficients and constant term 1. Consequently, its value at real numbers \( s \) such that \( s > 1 \) is a real number greater than 1. Suppose \( \chi \) is a complex Dirichlet character and that \( L...
Yes
Theorem 4.7. Let \( a, m \in A \) be two relatively prime polynomials with \( m \) of positive degree. Consider the set of primes, \( \mathcal{S} = \{ P \in A \mid P \equiv a\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;m}\right) \} \) . Then, \( \delta \left( \mathcal{S}\right) = 1/\Phi \left( m\right) \) . In particular, \( \mathcal...
Proof. Using the product formula for \( L\left( {s,\chi }\right) \) and the same technique used in the proof of Proposition 4.1, one finds\n\n\[ \log L\left( {s,\chi }\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{p}\frac{\chi \left( P\right) }{{\left| P\right| }^{s}} + R\left( {s,\chi }\right) ,\]\n\nwhere the function \( R\left( {...
Yes
Proposition 5.1. Let \( a \in {K}^{ * } \) . Then, \( {\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( a\right) = 0 \) for all but finitely many primes \( P \) . Secondly, \( \left( a\right) = 0 \), the zero divisor, if and only if \( a \in {F}^{ * } \), i.e., a is a non-zero constant. Finally, \( \deg {\left( a\right) }_{o} = \deg {\le...
Proof. (Sketch) If \( a \in {F}^{ * } \), it is easy to see from the definitions that \( \left( a\right) = 0 \) . So, suppose \( a \in {K}^{ * } - {F}^{ * } \) . Then, as we have seen, \( K \) is finite over \( F\left( a\right) \) . Let \( R \) be the integral closure of \( F\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) in \( K.R \) ...
No
Lemma 5.2. If \( A \) and \( B \) are linearly equivalent divisors, then \( L\left( A\right) \) and \( L\left( B\right) \) are isomorphic. In particular, \( l\left( A\right) = l\left( B\right) \) .
Proof. Suppose \( A = B + \left( h\right) \) . Then a short calculation shows that \( x \rightarrow {xh} \) is an isomorphism from \( L\left( A\right) \) with \( L\left( B\right) \) .
Yes
Lemma 5.3. If \( \deg \left( A\right) \leq 0 \) then \( l\left( A\right) = 0 \) unless \( A \sim 0 \) in which case \( l\left( A\right) = 1 \) .
Proof. If \( \deg \left( A\right) < 0 \) and \( x \in L\left( A\right) \), then \( \deg \left( {\left( x\right) + A}\right) \) is both \( < 0 \) and \( \geq 0 \) which is a contradiction. If \( \deg \left( A\right) = 0 \) and \( L\left( A\right) \) is not empty, let \( x \in L\left( A\right) \) . Then \( \left( x\right...
Yes
Corollary 2. For \( C \in \mathcal{C} \) we have \( l\left( C\right) = g \) .
Proof. Set \( A = 0 \) in the theorem.
Yes
Corollary 3. For \( C \in \mathcal{C} \) we have \( \deg \left( C\right) = {2g} - 2 \) .
Proof. Set \( A = C \) in the theorem, and use Corollary 2.
No
Corollary 4. If \( \deg \left( A\right) \geq {2g} - 2 \), then \( l\left( A\right) = \deg \left( A\right) - g + 1 \) except in the \( \operatorname{case}\deg \left( A\right) = {2g} - 2 \) and \( A \in \mathcal{C} \) .
Proof. If \( \deg \left( A\right) \geq {2g} - 2 \), then \( \deg \left( {C - A}\right) \leq 0 \) . Now use Lemma 5.3.
No
Corollary 5. Suppose that \( {g}^{\prime } \) and \( {C}^{\prime } \) have the same properties as those of \( g \) and \( C \) stated in the theorem. Then, \( g = {g}^{\prime } \) and \( C \sim {C}^{\prime } \) .
Proof. Find a divisor \( A \) whose degree is larger than \( \max \left( {{2g} - 2,2{g}^{\prime } - 2}\right) \) (a large positive multiple of a prime will do). By Corollary \( 4, l\left( A\right) = \deg \left( A\right) - \) \( g + 1 = \deg \left( A\right) - {g}^{\prime } + 1 \) . Thus, \( g = {g}^{\prime } \) . Now se...
Yes
Lemma 5.5. For any integer \( n \geq 0 \) the number of effective divisors of degree \( n \) is finite.
Proof. (Sketch) Choose an \( x \in K \) such that \( x \) is transcendental over \( \mathbb{F} \) . \( K/\mathbb{F}\left( x\right) \) is finite. The primes of \( \mathbb{F}\left( x\right) \) are in one to one correspondence with the monic irreducible polynomials in \( \mathbb{F}\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) with the o...
No
Lemma 5.6. The number of divisor classes of degree zero, \( {h}_{K} \), is finite.
Proof. Let \( D \) be a divisor of degree 1 . If \( A \) is any divisor of degree 0, then \( \deg \left( {{gD} + A}\right) = g \) and so by Riemann’s inequality, \( l\left( {{gD} + A}\right) \geq g - g + 1 = 1 \) . Let \( f \in L\left( {{gD} + A}\right) \) . Then, \( B = \left( f\right) + {gD} + A \geq 0 \) and so \( A...
Yes
For any divisor \( A \), the number of effective divisors in \( \bar{A} \) is \( \frac{{q}^{l\left( A\right) } - 1}{q - 1} \) .
We begin by showing that \( \bar{A} \) contains effective divisors if and only if \( l\left( A\right) > 0 \) .\n\nSuppose \( B \in \bar{A} \) and is effective. There is an \( f \in {K}^{ * } \) such that \( \left( f\right) + A = \) \( B \geq 0 \), so \( f \in L\left( A\right) \) and \( l\left( A\right) > 0 \) . The con...
Yes
Lemma 5.8. Let \( h = {h}_{K} \) . For every integer \( n \), there are \( h \) divisor classes of degree \( n \) . Suppose \( n \geq 0 \) and that \( \left\{ {{\bar{A}}_{1},{\bar{A}}_{2},\ldots ,{\bar{A}}_{h}}\right\} \) are the divisor classes of degree \( n \) . Then the number of effective divisors of degree \( n,{...
Proof. The first assertion follows directly from Lemma 5.6 and the remarks preceding Lemma 5.5. The second follows just as directly from Lemmas 5.6 and 5.7.
No
Theorem 5.9. Let \( K \) be a global function field in one variable with a finite constant field \( \mathbb{F} \) with \( q \) elements. Suppose that the genus of \( K \) is \( g \) . Then there is a polynomial \( {L}_{K}\left( u\right) \in \mathbb{Z}\left\lbrack u\right\rbrack \) of degree \( {2g} \) such that \[ {\ze...
Proof. It is convenient to work with the variable \( u = {q}^{-s} \) . Then \[ {\zeta }_{K}\left( s\right) \overset{\text{ def }}{ = }{Z}_{K}\left( u\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }{b}_{n}{u}^{n} \] We noted earlier that for \( n > {2g} - 2 \) we have \( {b}_{n} = {h}_{K}\frac{{q}^{n - g + 1} - 1}{q ...
Yes
Proposition 5.11. The number of prime divisors of degree 1 of \( K,{a}_{1} \) , satisfies the inequality \( \left| {{a}_{1} - q - 1}\right| \leq {2g}\sqrt{q} \) . Also, \( {\left( \sqrt{q} - 1\right) }^{2g} \leq {h}_{K} \leq \) \( {\left( \sqrt{q} + 1\right) }^{2g} \) .
Proof. By Theorem 5.9, \( {L}_{K}^{\prime }\left( 0\right) = {a}_{1} - q - 1 \) . From the above factorization of \( {L}_{K}\left( u\right) \) we see \( - {L}_{K}^{\prime }\left( 0\right) = {\pi }_{1} + {\pi }_{2} + \cdots + {\pi }_{2g} \) . The first assertion is immediate from this and Theorem 5.10.\n\nAs for the sec...
Yes
Theorem 5.12.\n\n\[ \n{a}_{N} = \# \{ P \mid \deg \left( P\right) = N\} = \frac{{q}^{N}}{N} + O\left( \frac{{q}^{\frac{N}{2}}}{N}\right) \n\]
Proof. Using the Euler product decomposition and Theorem 5.9, we see\n\n\[ \n{Z}_{K}\left( u\right) = \frac{\mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{{2g}}\left( {1 - {\pi }_{i}u}\right) }{\left( {1 - u}\right) \left( {1 - {qu}}\right) } = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{d = 1}}^{\infty }{\left( 1 - {u}^{d}\right) }^{-{a}_{d}}. \n\]\...
Yes
Lemma 6.1. Let \( \omega \) be a non-zero meromorphic differential, \( x \in X \), and \( {\omega }_{x} \) the linear functional on \( {M}_{x} \) described above. There is an integer \( N \) such that \( {\omega }_{x} \) vanishes on \( {P}_{x}^{N} \) but not on \( {P}_{x}^{N - 1} \) . This integer is characterized by\n...
Proof. Since we are fixing \( x \) in our considerations we set \( {t}_{x} = t \) and suppose \( \omega \) is expressed in terms of \( t \) as in Equation 1. Assume \( {a}_{-N} \neq 0 \) so that \( {\operatorname{ord}}_{x}\left( \omega \right) = - N \) . From equation (2) it is then clear that \( {\omega }_{x} \) vanis...
Yes
For every \( f \in M \) we have\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{x \in X}}{\omega }_{x}\left( f\right) = 0 \]
Proof. Note that \( f \in M \) implies \( f \in {M}_{x} \) for all \( x \in X \), so the terms in the sum make sense. Also, \( f \in {O}_{x} \) for all but finitely many \( x \) (on a compact Riemann surface a meromorphic function has at most finitely many poles). By the corollary to Lemma 6.1, \( {\omega }_{x}\left( f...
Yes
Lemma 6.4. Let \( D \leq C \) be divisors of \( K \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{\dim }_{F}{A}_{K}\left( C\right) /{A}_{K}\left( D\right) = \deg C - \deg D.\n\]
Proof. If \( C = D \) the result is clear. Otherwise, \( C \) is obtained from \( D \) by adding finitely many primes, so it suffices to show that\n\n\[ \n{\dim }_{F}{A}_{K}\left( {D + P}\right) /{A}_{K}\left( D\right) = \deg P\n\]\nfor any prime \( P \) .\n\nLet \( \widehat{P} = P{\widehat{O}}_{P} \) . Let \( n = {\op...
Yes
Lemma 6.5. Let \( D \leq C \) be divisors of \( K \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{\dim }_{F}\frac{{A}_{K}\left( C\right) + K}{{A}_{K}\left( D\right) + K} = \left( {\deg C - l\left( C\right) }\right) - \left( {\deg D - l\left( D\right) }\right) .\n\]
Proof. Recall that \( {A}_{K}\left( C\right) \cap K = L\left( C\right) \) . Using the first and second laws of isomorphism, the space on the left-hand side of the above equation is seen to be isomorphic to\n\n\[ \n\frac{{A}_{K}\left( C\right) }{{A}_{K}\left( D\right) + L\left( C\right) } \cong \frac{{A}_{K}\left( C\rig...
Yes
For any divisor \( D \) of \( K \), the space \( {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) is finite dimensional over \( F \) and\n\n\[ l\left( D\right) = \deg D - g + 1 + {\dim }_{F}{\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) . \]
Proof. In Lemma 6.5, we are going to fix \( D \) and let \( C \) vary over divisors greater than or equal to \( D \) . By Riemann’s theorem \( l\left( C\right) \geq \deg C - g + 1 \) or what is the same \( \deg C - l\left( C\right) \leq g - 1 \) . So, by Lemma 6.5\n\n\[ \dim \frac{{A}_{K}\left( C\right) + K}{{A}_{K}\le...
Yes
Corollary 1. Let \( c \) be the constant in Riemann’s theorem. Then if \( D \) is a divisor with \( \deg D \geq c \), we have \( {A}_{K} = {A}_{K}\left( D\right) + K \) .
Proof. We have just shown that \( {\dim }_{F}\left( {{A}_{K}/{A}_{K}\left( D\right) + K}\right) = l\left( D\right) - \deg D + \) \( g - 1 \), which is zero if \( \deg D \geq c \) by Riemann’s theorem. Thus \( {A}_{K} = \) \( {A}_{K}\left( D\right) + K \) in this case.
Yes
Corollary 2. The genus of \( K, g \), can be characterized as the dimension over \( F \) of the space \( {\Omega }_{K}\left( 0\right) \) .
Proof. The zero divisor, 0 , has degree zero and dimension 1 . From the proposition we derive \( 1 = 0 - g + 1 + {\dim }_{F}{\Omega }_{K}\left( 0\right) \) . This gives the result.
Yes
Lemma 6.8. Let \( \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) be a non-zero differential. Then, there is a unique divisor \( D \) with the property that \( \omega \) vanishes on \( {A}_{K}\left( D\right) \) and if \( {D}^{\prime } \) is any divisor such that \( \omega \) vanishes on \( {A}_{K}\left( {D}^{\prime }\right) \), then \( {D...
Proof. Let \( \mathcal{T} = \left\{ {{D}^{\prime } \mid \omega \left( {{A}_{K}\left( {D}^{\prime }\right) }\right) = 0}\right\} \) . Since \( \omega \) is a differential, \( \mathcal{T} \) is nonempty. By Corollary 1 to Proposition 6.7, we see that \( \deg {D}^{\prime } < c \) for all \( {D}^{\prime } \in \mathcal{T} \...
Yes
Lemma 6.9. Let \( \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) and \( x \in {K}^{ * } \) . Then,\n\n\[ \left( {x\omega }\right) = \left( x\right) + \left( \omega \right) \]
Proof. Suppose \( \omega \in {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) . If \( \xi \in {A}_{K} \), then \( {x\omega } \) vanishes on \( \xi \) if \( {x\xi } \in \) \( {A}_{K}\left( D\right) \), which is equivalent to \( \xi \in {A}_{K}\left( {\left( x\right) + D}\right) \) . Thus, \( \omega \) vanishes on \( {A}_{K}\left( D\righ...
Yes
Proposition 6.10. The space of Weil differentials, \( {\Omega }_{K} \), is of dimension one when considered as a vector space over \( K \) .
Proof. Let \( 0 \neq \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) and \( x \in L\left( {\left( \omega \right) - D}\right) \) where \( D \) is some divisor. We claim that \( {x\omega } \in {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) . By the proof of the previous Lemma, we know that \( {x\omega } \) vanishes on \( {A}_{K}\left( {\left( x\right) + \...
Yes
Corollary 1. Let \( 0 \neq \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) and let \( D \) be a divisor. Then there is an F-linear isomorphism between \( L\left( {\left( \omega \right) - D}\right) \) and \( {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) .
Proof. In the proof of the proposition we showed that \( L\left( {\left( \omega \right) - D}\right) \omega \subseteq \) \( {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) . So it just remains to show that this inclusion is an equality. Let \( {\omega }^{\prime } \in {\Omega }_{K}\left( D\right) \) . By the proposition, there is an ele...
Yes
Corollary 2. All the divisors of non-zero differentials fill out a single divisor class. This class is called the canonical class of \( K \) .
Proof. If \( \omega ,{\omega }^{\prime } \in {\Omega }_{K} \) are non-zero, there exists an \( x \in {K}^{ * } \) such that \( {\omega }^{\prime } = {x\omega } \) by the proposition. By Lemma 6.9 we have \( \left( {\omega }^{\prime }\right) = \left( x\right) + \left( \omega \right) \) so that \( \left( {\omega }^{\prim...
Yes
Proposition 6.11. Let \( \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) and \( \xi = \left( {x}_{P}\right) \in {A}_{K} \) . Then, for all but finitely many \( P \) we have \( {\omega }_{P}\left( {x}_{P}\right) = 0 \) and\n\n\[ \omega \left( \xi \right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{P}{\omega }_{P}\left( {x}_{P}\right) \]
Proof. Let \( S \) be the finite set of primes where either \( {\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( \omega \right) < 0 \) or \( {\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( {x}_{P}\right) < 0 \) . If \( P \notin S \) then \( {x}_{P} \in {\widehat{O}}_{P} \) and so \( {\omega }_{P}\left( {x}_{P}\right) = 0 \) by the remark preceding the Pr...
Yes
Proposition 6.12. Let \( 0 \neq \omega \in {\Omega }_{K} \) . Then, \( N = {\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( \omega \right) \) is determined by the following two properties; \( {\omega }_{P} \) vanishes on \( {\widehat{P}}^{-N} \) but does not vanish on \( {\widehat{P}}^{-N - 1} \) .
Proof. We have already seen in the remarks preceding Proposition 6.10 that \( {\omega }_{P} \) vanishes on \( {\widehat{P}}^{-{\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( \omega \right) } \) . It remains to show that \( {\omega }_{P} \) doesn’t vanish on \( {\widehat{P}}^{-{\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( \omega \right) - 1} \) . We k...
Yes
Theorem 6.13. Let \( K/F \) be a function field and \( S \subset {\mathcal{S}}_{K} \) a finite set of primes. For each \( P \in S \) let an element \( {a}_{P} \in {\widehat{K}}_{P} \) and a positive integer \( {n}_{P} \) be given. Finally, let’s specify a prime \( Q \notin S \) . Then, there is an element \( a \in K \)...
Proof. Define an adele \( \xi = \left( {x}_{P}\right) \) by the conditions that \( {x}_{P} = {a}_{P} \) for \( P \in S \) and \( {x}_{P} = 0 \) for \( P \notin S \) . Next, define a divisor \( D = {mQ} - \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{P \in S}}{n}_{P}P \) . Choose the integer \( m \) so large that the degree of \( D \) exceed...
Yes
Proposition 7.1. With the above notations, \( {ef} \leq n = \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \), the dimension of \( L \) over \( K \) .
Proof. Let \( \Pi \) be a generator of \( \mathfrak{P} \) and choose \( {\omega }_{1},{\omega }_{2},\ldots ,{\omega }_{m} \) such that their reductions modulo \( \mathfrak{P} \) are linearly independent over \( {O}_{P}/P \) . We will show that the \( {em} \) elements \( {\omega }_{i}{\Pi }^{j} \) with \( 1 \leq i \leq ...
Yes
Proposition 7.2. Assume \( L/K \) is a finite, separable extension of fields. Then, with the above notations, \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{g}{e}_{i}{f}_{i} = n = \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. Since \( L/K \) is separable, the trace from \( L \) to \( K, t{r}_{L/K} \), is a nontrivial \( K \) -linear functional on \( L \) . Using this, one can prove that \( R \) is a free module over \( {O}_{P} \) of rank equal to \( n = \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \) (see Samuel and Zariski [1]). Thus, \( R/{PR...
Yes
Lemma 7.3. Let \( L/K \) be a purely inseparable extension of degree \( p \), the characteristic of \( K \) . Assume \( K = {L}^{p} \) (this strange assumption is often correct in function fields). Suppose \( {O}_{P} \subset K \) is a dvr with quotient field \( K \) . Then there is one and only one dvr \( {O}_{\mathfra...
Proof. Let \( R = \left\{ {r \in L \mid {r}^{p} \in {O}_{P}}\right\} \) and \( \mathfrak{P} = \left\{ {r \in L \mid {r}^{p} \in P}\right\} \) . It is easy to see that \( R \) is a ring, \( \mathfrak{P} \) is a prime ideal in \( R \), and \( \mathfrak{P} \cap {O}_{P} = P \) . We will show that \( R \) is a dvr.\n\nLet \...
Yes
Proposition 7.4. Let \( F \) be a perfect field of positive characteristic \( p \), and \( K \) a function field with constant field \( F \) . Then, \( \left\lbrack {K : {K}^{p}}\right\rbrack = p \) .
Proof. Let \( x \) be an element of \( K \) not in \( F \) . Then \( \left\lbrack {K : F\left( x\right) }\right\rbrack < \infty \) . Consider \( F{\left( x\right) }^{p} = {F}^{p}\left( {x}^{p}\right) = F\left( {x}^{p}\right) \) . It is clear that \( \left\lbrack {F\left( x\right) : F\left( {x}^{p}\right) }\right\rbrack...
Yes
Proposition 7.5. Let \( K \) be a function field with a perfect constant field \( F \) . Let \( L \) be a finite extension of \( K \), and \( M \), the maximal separable extension of \( K \) in \( L \) . Then, the genus of \( M \) is equal to the genus of \( L \) . Also, for each prime \( \mathfrak{p} \) of \( M \) the...
Proof. The constant field \( E \) of \( M \) is perfect since it is a finite extension of \( F \), which is perfect by assumption.\n\nSince \( L/M \) is purely inseparable, there is a tower of fields\n\n\[ K \subseteq M = {K}_{0} \subset {K}_{1} \subset \cdots \subset {K}_{n - 1} \subset {K}_{n} = L, \]\n\nwhere for ea...
Yes
Theorem 7.6. Let \( K \) be a function field with perfect constant field \( F \) . Let \( L \) be a finite extension of \( K \) of degree \( n \) . Suppose \( P \) is a prime of \( K \) and \( \left\{ {{\mathfrak{P}}_{1},{\mathfrak{P}}_{2},\ldots ,{\mathfrak{P}}_{g}}\right\} \) the set of primes in \( L \) lying above ...
Proof. Let \( M \) be the maximal separable extension of \( K \) in \( L \) . Let \( {\mathfrak{p}}_{i} \) be the prime of \( M \) lying below \( {\mathfrak{P}}_{i} \) and let \( {e}_{i}^{\prime } \) and \( {f}_{i}^{\prime } \) be the ramification index and relative degree of \( {\mathfrak{p}}_{i} \) over \( P \) . By ...
Yes
Proposition 7.7. Let \( \mathfrak{A} \in {\mathcal{D}}_{L} \) and \( A \in {\mathcal{D}}_{K} \) . Then\n\n\( {\deg }_{K}{N}_{L/K}\left( \mathfrak{A}\right) = \left\lbrack {E : F}\right\rbrack {\deg }_{L}\mathfrak{A}\; \) and \( \;{\deg }_{L}\left( {{i}_{L/K}\left( A\right) }\right) = \frac{\left\lbrack L : K\right\rbra...
Proof. Both facts follow from the calculation\n\n\[ \left\lbrack {{O}_{\mathfrak{P}}/\mathfrak{P} : F}\right\rbrack = \left\lbrack {{O}_{\mathfrak{P}}/\mathfrak{P} : E}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack {E : F}\right\rbrack = \left\lbrack {{O}_{\mathfrak{P}}/\mathfrak{P} : {O}_{P}/P}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack {{O}_{P}/P : F}\r...
Yes
(i). If \( a \in {K}^{ * } \), then \( {i}_{L/K}{\left( a\right) }_{K} = {\left( a\right) }_{L} \) .
Proof. To prove the first assertion, one simply computes\n\n\[ \n{i}_{L/K}{\left( a\right) }_{K} = {i}_{L/K}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{P}{\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( a\right) P = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{P}{\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( a\right) \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\mathfrak{P} \mid P}}e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \...
Yes
Proposition 7.9. i) Let \( A \) be a dvr with maximal ideal \( P, K \) its quotient field, \( L \) a finite separable extension, and \( B \) the integral closure of \( A \) in \( L \) . Then, some prime above \( P \) in \( B \) is ramified if and only if \( {\mathfrak{d}}_{B/A} \subset P \) . ii) \( {N}_{L/K}{\mathfrak...
Proof. We have already given the proof of \( i \) ) in the above discussion. For the proof of part \( {ii} \) ) see Serre [2].
No
Lemma 7.10. We have \( {\mathfrak{d}}_{B/A}\left( P\right) = {\mathfrak{d}}_{B/A}{\widehat{A}}_{P} \) and \( {\mathfrak{D}}_{B/A}\left( \mathfrak{P}\right) = {\mathfrak{D}}_{B/A}{\widehat{B}}_{\mathfrak{P}} \) . In other words, if \( {\mathfrak{d}}_{B/A} = {P}^{t} \), then \( {\mathfrak{d}}_{B/A}\left( P\right) = {\wid...
For the proof of this result we refer the reader to Serre [2], Chapter 3.
No
Corollary 1. As in the Lemma, let \( \delta \) be the exact power of \( \mathfrak{P} \) dividing \( {\mathfrak{D}}_{B/A} \) . Then \( \delta \) can be characterized as the largest integer \( m \) such that the trace from \( {\widehat{L}}_{\mathfrak{P}} \) to \( {\widehat{K}}_{P} \) of \( {\widehat{\mathfrak{P}}}^{-m} \...
Proof. From the definition, if \( m \) has the property described in the corollary, the local inverse different is \( {\widehat{\mathfrak{P}}}^{-m} \) and so \( {\mathfrak{D}}_{B/A}\left( \mathfrak{P}\right) = {\widehat{\mathfrak{P}}}^{m} \) . The result is then immediate from the lemma.
Yes
Corollary 2. With the same notation as Corollary \( 1,\delta \geq e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) - 1 \) with equality holding if and only if the characteristic of \( F \) is either zero or does not divide \( e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) .
Proof. (sketch) Neither \( e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) nor \( \delta \) changes after passing to the completion (for \( \delta \) this follows from the lemma). So, we can assume \( A \) and \( B \) are complete. Again, nothing essential changes if we replace \( K \) by the maximal unramified extension of \( K \)...
No
Theorem 7.11. With the above notations and hypotheses, a prime \( \mathfrak{P} \) of \( B \) is ramified over \( A \) if and only if \( \mathfrak{P} \mid {\mathfrak{D}}_{B/A} \) .
Proof. (sketch) The definition of unramifiedness is in two parts; the ramification index must be one, and the residue class field extension must be separable. If one ignores the second condition one can refer to the above Corollary 2 to Lemma 7.10 for a proof of the theorem. We proceed somewhat differently and handle b...
No
Theorem 7.15. With the hypotheses and notation of Proposition 7.14, we have\n\n\[ \n{\left( {\omega }^{ * }\right) }_{L} = {i}_{L/K}{\left( \omega \right) }_{K} + {D}_{L/K} \n\]
Proof. We are going to use Proposition 6.12 of the last chapter, which shows how to determine the divisor of a differential using properties of its local components.\n\nWe begin by recalling the definition. Let \( \mu \in {\Omega }_{L} \) . For a prime \( \mathfrak{P} \) of \( L \) let \( {i}_{\mathfrak{P}} : {\widehat...
Yes
Theorem 7.16. (Riemann-Hurwitz) Let \( L/K \) be a finite, separable, geometric extension of function fields. Then,\n\n\[ 2{g}_{L} - 2 = \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \left( {2{g}_{K} - 2}\right) + {\deg }_{L}{D}_{L/K}. \]
Proof. Let \( \omega \) be a non-zero differential of \( K \). By the remarks following Corollary 2 to Lemma 6.10, \( {\left( \omega \right) }_{K} \) is in the canonical class of \( K \). By Corollary 3 to Theorem 5.4, every divisor in the canonical class of \( K \) has degree \( 2{g}_{K} - 2 \). Thus, \( {\deg }_{K}{\...
Yes
Corollary 1. Suppose \( L/K \) is a finite, separable, geometric extension of function fields. Then, \( {g}_{K} \leq {g}_{L} \) . (This need not be true for inseparable extensions!)
Proof. Since the different is an effective divisor (all its coefficients are nonnegative) we see \( 2{g}_{L} - 2 \geq \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \left( {2{g}_{K} - 2}\right) \geq 2{g}_{K} - 2 \) . Thus \( {g}_{K} \leq {g}_{L} \) as asserted.
Yes
Corollary 2. (Luroth’s Theorem) Let \( L = F\left( x\right) \) be a rational function field over \( F \) and \( K \) a subfield properly containing \( F \) . Then, there is a \( u \in K \) such that \( K = F\left( u\right) \) .
Proof. Since \( K \) properly contains \( F \), it is easy to see that \( \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack < \infty \) . Let \( M \) be the maximal separable extension of \( K \) contained in \( L \) . If the characteristic of \( F \) is zero, then \( M = L \) . If the characteristic of \( F \) is \( p > 0 \) , then \...
Yes
Corollary 3. Let \( L/K \) be a finite, separable, geometric extension of function fields. Assume \( {g}_{L} = 1 \) . Then, \( {g}_{K} \leq 1 \) with equality holding if and only if \( L/K \) is unramified.
Proof. The inequality \( {g}_{K} \leq 1 \) follows from Corollary 1. From \( {g}_{L} = 1 \) and the theorem we deduce, \( 0 = \left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \left( {2{g}_{K} - 2}\right) + {\deg }_{L}{D}_{L/K} \) . If \( {g}_{K} = 1 \) the degree of the different is zero and so the different is the zero divisor (reca...
Yes
Let \( K \) be a function field with a perfect constant field \( F \) . Consider the equation \( {X}^{N} + {Y}^{N} = 1 \) . We assume that \( N \) is not divisible by the characteristic \( p \) of \( F \) . If \( {g}_{K} = 0 \) and \( N \geq 3 \), then there is no nonconstant solution to this equation in \( K \) . If \...
Proof. Suppose that \( \left( {u, v}\right) \in {K}^{2} \) is a non-constant solution. Invoking the ABC theorem we find\n\n\[ \max \left( {{\deg }_{s}{u}^{N},{\deg }_{s}{v}^{N}}\right) \leq 2{g}_{K} - 2 + \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{P \in \operatorname{Supp}\left( {A + B + C}\right) }}{\deg }_{K}P \]\n\nwhere \( A \) is th...
Yes
Proposition 8.1. Assume \( \left\lbrack {E : F}\right\rbrack < \infty \) . Then, \( \left\lbrack {{KE} : K}\right\rbrack = \left\lbrack {E : F}\right\rbrack \) . Any basis for \( E/F \) is also a basis for \( {KE}/K \) .
Proof. Suppose first that \( E/F \) is a finite, Galois extension. Then, by a standard theorem in Galois theory, \( {KE}/K \) is also Galois and \( \operatorname{Gal}\left( {{KE}/K}\right) \cong \) \( \operatorname{Gal}\left( {E/K \cap E}\right) \) . Since \( F \) is the constant field of \( K, E \cap K = F \) . It fol...
Yes
Lemma 8.2. (a) Suppose \( L/K \) is a finite extension of fields and that \( K \) contains a field \( F \) which is algebraically closed in \( K \) . If \( \beta \in L \) is algebraic over \( F \), then \( {\operatorname{tr}}_{L/K}\left( \beta \right) \in F \) . (b) Suppose \( L/K \) is a finite extension of fields and...
Proof. This is fairly standard so we merely sketch the proofs.\n\nFor part (a) one considers the minimal polynomial for \( \beta \) over \( K \) and shows that all its roots (in some extension field) are algebraic over \( F \) . Thus the sum of the roots is algebraic over \( F \) and in \( K \), so the sum of the roots...
No
Proposition 8.3. \( E \) is the exact constant field of \( {KE} \) .
Proof. We have to show that any element of \( {KE} \) which is algebraic over \( E \) is actually in \( E \) .\n\nAssume first that \( \left\lbrack {E : F}\right\rbrack < \infty \), and that \( \left\{ {{\alpha }_{1},{\alpha }_{2},\cdots ,{\alpha }_{n}}\right\} \) is a basis for \( E/F \) . Suppose \( \beta \in {KE} \)...
Yes
Lemma 8.4. Let \( E/F \) be a finite extension with \( \\left\\{ {{\\alpha }_{1},{\\alpha }_{2},\\cdots ,{\\alpha }_{n}}\\right\\} \) a basis for \( E \) over \( F \) . Let \( P \) be a prime of \( K \) and \( {O}_{P} \) the corresponding valuation ring. Let \( {R}_{P} \) be the integral closure of \( {O}_{P} \) in \( ...
Proof. Since \( F \\subset {O}_{P} \) by definition, and each \( {\\alpha }_{i} \) is algebraic over \( F \), it follows that each \( {\\alpha }_{i} \) is integral over \( {O}_{P} \) .\n\nSuppose \( b \\in {R}_{P} \) . By Proposition 8.1, we can write \( b = \\mathop{\\sum }\\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{x}_{i}{\\alpha }_{i} \...
Yes
Proposition 8.5. Suppose \( E/F \) is a finite extension. Then, \( {KE}/K \) is unramified at all primes.
Proof. Let \( P \) be a prime of \( K,{O}_{P} \) its valuation ring, and \( {R}_{P} \) the integral closure of \( {O}_{P} \) in \( {KE} \) . By Lemma 8.4, any field basis \( \left\{ {{\alpha }_{1},{\alpha }_{2},\cdots ,{\alpha }_{n}}\right\} \) for \( E/F \) is a free basis for \( {R}_{P} \) considered as an \( {O}_{P}...
Yes
Lemma 8.6. Let \( \\left\\{ {{x}_{1},{x}_{2},\\cdots ,{x}_{m}}\\right\\} \\subset K \) be linearly independent over \( F \) . Then, considered as a subset of \( {KE} \), it remains linearly independent over \( E \) .
Proof. Suppose \( \\mathop{\\sum }\\limits_{{i = 1}}^{m}{\\beta }_{i}{x}_{i} = 0 \) with each \( {\\beta }_{i} \\in E \) . Assuming \( E/F \) is a finite extension, let \( \\left\\{ {{\\alpha }_{1},{\\alpha }_{2},\\cdots ,{\\alpha }_{n}}\\right\\} \) be a basis for \( E/F \) . Then, \( {\\beta }_{i} = \\mathop{\\sum }\...
Yes
Lemma 8.7. Let \( L/K \) be a finite extension of function fields and \( P \) a prime of \( K \) . Suppose that \( \left\{ {{\mathfrak{P}}_{1},{\mathfrak{P}}_{2},\cdots ,{\mathfrak{P}}_{g}}\right\} \), the primes above \( P \) in \( L \) , are all unramified over \( P \) . Let \( n \in \mathbb{Z} \) be a given integer....
Proof. Let \( \pi \in K \) be a uniformizing parameter at \( P \) . Then, since each \( {\mathfrak{P}}_{\imath } \) is unramified over \( P \) we have \( 1 = {\operatorname{ord}}_{P}\left( \pi \right) = {\operatorname{ord}}_{{\mathfrak{P}}_{i}}\left( \pi \right) \) for \( 1 \leq i \leq n \) . The inequalities \( {\oper...
Yes
Proposition 8.9. Let \( E/F \) be a finite extension and \( L = {KE} \) . Then the genus of \( L \), considered as a function field over \( E \), is equal to the genus of \( K \) . (Once more we emphasize that, by hypothesis, \( F \) is perfect).
Proof. Let \( g \) be the genus of \( K \) and \( {g}^{\prime } \) the genus of \( L \) . Choose a divisor \( A \) of \( K \) such that \( {\deg }_{K}\left( A\right) \geq \max \left( {{2g} - 1,2{g}^{\prime } - 1}\right) \), e.g., \( A = {nP} \), where \( P \) is a prime divisor and \( n \) is a sufficiently large posit...
Yes
Proposition 8.10. Let \( E/F \) be a finite extension and \( L = {KE} \). Let \( \mathfrak{P} \) be a prime of \( L \) and \( P \) the prime lying below it in \( K \). Define \( {E}_{\mathfrak{P}} = {O}_{\mathfrak{P}}/\mathfrak{P} \) and \( {F}_{P} = {O}_{P}/P \). Then, \( {E}_{\mathfrak{P}} \) is the compositum of \( ...
Proof. Let \( \bar{\omega } \in {E}_{\mathfrak{P}} \) and let \( \omega \) be an element of \( {O}_{\mathfrak{P}} \) representing \( \bar{\omega } \). Let’s consider \( \left\{ {{\mathfrak{P}}_{1} = \mathfrak{P},{\mathfrak{P}}_{2},\cdots ,{\mathfrak{P}}_{g}}\right\} \), the primes in \( L \) lying over \( P \). By the ...
Yes
Proposition 8.11. With the notation of the previous proposition, suppose \( {F}_{P} = F\left\lbrack \theta \right\rbrack \) and that \( h\left( T\right) \in F\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) is the irreducible polynomial for \( \theta \) over \( F \) . Let\n\n\[ h\left( T\right) = {h}_{1}\left( T\right) {h}_{2}\left( T\r...
Proof. Lemma 8.4 can be restated to say that \( {R}_{P} \cong {O}_{P}{ \otimes }_{F}E \) . Reducing both sides modulo \( P \) yields, \( {R}_{P}/P{R}_{P} \cong {F}_{P}{ \otimes }_{F}E \) . By hypothesis, \( {F}_{P} = \) \( F\left\lbrack \theta \right\rbrack \cong F\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack /\left( {h\left( T\right) }...
Yes
Lemma 8.12. The compositum of \( {\mathbb{F}}_{n} \) and \( {\mathbb{F}}_{m} \) is \( {\mathbb{F}}_{\left\lbrack n, m\right\rbrack } \) where \( \left\lbrack {n, m}\right\rbrack \) is the least common multiple of \( n \) and \( m \) .
Proof. Let \( {\mathbb{F}}_{h} \) be the compositum of \( {\mathbb{F}}_{n} \) and \( {\mathbb{F}}_{m} \) inside \( \overline{\mathbb{F}} \) . Since \( {\mathbb{F}}_{n},{\mathbb{F}}_{m} \subseteq \) \( {\mathbb{F}}_{h} \), we have \( n, m \mid h \), which implies \( \left\lbrack {n, m}\right\rbrack \mid h \) . Thus, \( ...
Yes
Proposition 8.13. Let \( P \) be a prime of \( K \) . Then \( P \) splits into \( \left( {n,{\deg }_{K}P}\right) \) primes in \( {K}_{n} \) . Let \( \mathfrak{P} \) be a prime of \( {K}_{n} \) lying over \( P \) . Then\n\n\[ \n{\deg }_{{K}_{n}}\mathfrak{P} = \frac{{\deg }_{K}P}{\left( n,{\deg }_{K}P\right) }\;\text{ an...
Proof. By definition, the dimension of \( {O}_{P}/P \) over \( \mathbb{F} \) is \( {\deg }_{K}P \) . Thus, by the above lemma, the compositum of \( {O}_{P}/P \) and \( {\mathbb{F}}_{n} \) inside \( {O}_{\mathfrak{P}}/\mathfrak{P} \) has dimension \( \left\lbrack {n,{\deg }_{K}P}\right\rbrack \) over \( \mathbb{F} \) . ...
Yes
Lemma 8.14. Let \( {\zeta }_{n} \in \mathbb{C} \) be a primitive \( n \) -th root of unity and \( m \) a positive integer. Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\left( {1 - {\zeta }_{n}^{im}{u}^{m}}\right) = {\left( 1 - {u}^{\left\lbrack n, m\right\rbrack }\right) }^{\left( n, m\right) }.\]
Proof. First consider the case where \( m = 1 \) . The result in this case follows from the identity \( {T}^{n} - 1 = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}\left( {T - {\zeta }_{n}^{i}}\right) \) by making the substitution \( T = {u}^{-1} \) and simplifying.\n\nIn the general case, let \( {m}^{\prime } = m/\left( {n, m}\...
Yes
Theorem 8.15. Let \( u = {q}^{-s} \) and \( {\zeta }_{K}\left( s\right) = {Z}_{K}\left( u\right) \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{\zeta }_{{K}_{n}}\left( s\right) = {Z}_{{K}_{n}}\left( {u}^{n}\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{Z}_{K}\left( {{\zeta }_{n}^{i}u}\right) .\n\]
Proof. Since the constant field of \( {K}_{n} \) is \( {\mathbb{F}}_{n} \) which has \( {q}^{n} \) elements, we have \( {\zeta }_{{K}_{n}}\left( s\right) = {Z}_{{K}_{n}}\left( {u}^{\prime }\right) \), where \( {u}^{\prime } = {\left( {q}^{n}\right) }^{-s} = {q}^{-{ns}} = {u}^{n} \) . Thus, \( {\zeta }_{{K}_{n}}\left( s...
Yes
Proposition 8.16. Let \( {L}_{K}\left( u\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{{2g}}\left( {1 - {\pi }_{j}u}\right) \) be the factorization of \( {L}_{K}\left( u\right) \) in \( \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack u\right\rbrack \) . Then, \[ {L}_{{K}_{n}}\left( {u}^{\prime }\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{{2g}}\le...
Proof. Using the definitions and Theorem 8.15, we find \[ \frac{{L}_{{K}_{n}}\left( {u}^{n}\right) }{\left( {1 - {u}^{n}}\right) \left( {1 - {q}^{n}{u}^{n}}\right) } = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\frac{{L}_{K}\left( {{\zeta }_{n}^{i}u}\right) }{\left( {1 - {\zeta }_{n}^{i}u}\right) \left( {1 - q{\zeta }_{...
Yes
Proposition 8.17. \( {b}_{m}\left( {K}_{n}\right) = h\left( {K}_{n}\right) \frac{{q}^{{nm} - g + 1} - 1}{{q}^{n} - 1} \), provided \( m > {2g} - 2 \) .
Proof. We proved earlier (see the remarks following Lemma 5.8) that if \( m > {2g} - 2 \), where \( g \) is the genus of \( K \), that\n\n\[ \n{b}_{m}\left( K\right) = h\left( K\right) \frac{{q}^{m - g + 1} - 1}{q - 1}.\n\]\n\nIn this equality, replace \( K \) by \( {K}_{n} \) and \( q \) by \( {q}^{n} \) (since the co...
Yes
Proposition 8.18. \( {N}_{m}\left( K\right) \) is equal to the number of prime divisors of \( {K}_{m} \) of degree 1.
Proof. It is interesting to note that \( {N}_{1}\left( K\right) = {a}_{1}\left( K\right) \), so the result is certainly true when \( m = 1 \) . To prove the general case, we invoke Proposition 8.16. \[ \frac{\mathop{\prod }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{{2g}}\left( {1 - {\pi }_{j}^{m}{u}^{\prime }}\right) }{\left( {1 - {u}^{\prime...
Yes
Proposition 8.19. \( {a}_{m}\left( {K}_{n}\right) = {m}^{-1}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{d \mid m}}\mu \left( d\right) {a}_{1}\left( {K}_{{nm}/d}\right) \) .
Proof. From the definition, \( {N}_{m}\left( {K}_{n}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{d \mid m}}d{a}_{d}\left( {K}_{n}\right) \) . Using Möbius inversion, we see that \( m{a}_{m}\left( {K}_{n}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{d \mid m}}\mu \left( d\right) {N}_{m/d}\left( {K}_{n}\right) \) . From the relation \( {N}_{m/...
Yes
Proposition 9.1. The field extension \( E/F \) is Galois and the map \( G \rightarrow \) \( \operatorname{Gal}\left( {E/F}\right) \) obtained by restriction of automorphisms to \( E \) is onto. Let \( N \subseteq \) \( G \) be the kernel of this map. Then the fixed field of \( N \) is \( {KE} \), the maximal constant f...
Proof. If \( \sigma \in G \) and \( \alpha \in E \), then the fact that \( \alpha \) is a root of a polynomial with coefficients in \( F \) shows that \( {\sigma \alpha } \) must be a root of the same polynomial since \( \sigma \) fixes \( F \) . Thus, \( {\sigma \alpha } \) is algebraic over \( F \), which implies \( ...
Yes
Proposition 9.2. Let \( \left\{ {{\mathfrak{P}}_{1},{\mathfrak{P}}_{2},\cdots ,{\mathfrak{P}}_{g}}\right\} \) be the set of primes of \( L \) lying above \( P \) . The Galois group \( G \) acts transitively on this set.
Proof. For each \( i \) with \( 1 \leq i \leq g \) we need to show there is a \( \sigma \in G \) such that \( \sigma {\mathfrak{P}}_{1} = {\mathfrak{P}}_{i} \). Consider the set \( \left\{ {\sigma {\mathfrak{P}}_{1} \mid \sigma \in G}\right\} \). Suppose some \( {\mathfrak{P}}_{i} \) is not in this set, \( {\mathfrak{P...
Yes
Proposition 9.3. We continue to use the notation introduced above, except that we now denote the number of primes in \( L \) lying above \( P \) by \( g\left( P\right) \) . We have \( f\left( {{\mathfrak{P}}_{i}/P}\right) = f\left( {{\mathfrak{P}}_{j}/P}\right) \) and \( e\left( {{\mathfrak{P}}_{i}/P}\right) = e\left( ...
Proof. For a given pair \( i \) and \( j \) there is an automorphism \( \sigma \in G \) such that \( \sigma {\mathfrak{P}}_{i} = {\mathfrak{P}}_{j} \) . Map \( {O}_{{\mathfrak{P}}_{i}}/{\mathfrak{P}}_{i} \rightarrow {O}_{{\mathfrak{P}}_{j}}/{\mathfrak{P}}_{j} \) by \( \bar{\omega } \rightarrow \overline{\sigma \omega }...
Yes
Lemma 9.4. The order of \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) is \( e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) f\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) .
Proof. By Proposition 9.2, the group \( G \) acts transitively on the set of primes of \( L \) lying above \( P \) . The group \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) is the isotropy group for this action. From this it follows that \( \left\lbrack {G : Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) }\right\rbrack = g\left( P\right) \),...
Yes
Lemma 9.5. With the above notation, \( \mathfrak{P} \) is the only prime in \( L \) lying above \( \mathfrak{p} \). Moreover, \( e\left( {\mathfrak{p}/P}\right) = f\left( {\mathfrak{p}/P}\right) = 1 \) and \( \left\lbrack {M : K}\right\rbrack = g\left( P\right) \).
Proof. The first assertion follows by applying Proposition 9.2 to the Galois extension \( L/M \) and using the definition of the decomposition group. By Lemma 9.4, \( \# Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/\mathfrak{p}}\right) = e\left( {\mathfrak{P}/\mathfrak{p}}\right) f\left( {\mathfrak{P}/\mathfrak{p}}\right) \). On the other ha...
Yes
Proposition 9.7. Suppose \( L/K \) is a Galois extension of function fields and suppose \( \mathfrak{P} \) is a prime of \( L \) lying above a prime \( P \) of \( K \) . Let \( \sigma \in \operatorname{Gal}\left( {L/K}\right) \) . Then, \( Z\left( {\sigma \mathfrak{P}/P}\right) = {\sigma Z}\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right...
Proof. By definition, \( \tau \in Z\left( {\sigma \mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) if and only if \( {\tau \sigma }\mathfrak{P} = \sigma \mathfrak{P} \) . This is so if and only if \( {\sigma }^{-1}{\tau \sigma }\mathfrak{P} = \mathfrak{P} \), i.e., if and only if \( {\sigma }^{-1}{\tau \sigma } \in Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\r...
Yes
Proposition 9.8. Let \( L/K \) be a Galois extension of function fields and \( M \) an arbitrary intermediate field. Let \( \mathfrak{P} \) be a prime of \( L \) and \( \mathfrak{p} \) and \( P \) the primes of \( M \) and \( K \) respectively which lie below \( \mathfrak{P} \) . Set \( H = \operatorname{Gal}\left( {L/...
Proof. Part \( \left( i\right) \) of the proposition follows directly from the definitions.\n\nTo prove part \( \left( {ii}\right) \) we first remark that from the definitions it is easy to prove that \( \rho \) maps \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \) to \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{p}/\mathfrak{p}}\right) \) . The kernel ...
Yes
Proposition 9.9. Let \( {M}_{1} \) and \( {M}_{2} \) be two Galois extensions of a function field \( K \) and let \( L = {M}_{1}{M}_{2} \) be the compositum. A prime \( P \) of \( K \) splits completely in \( L \) if and only if it splits completely in \( {M}_{1} \) and \( {M}_{2} \) . A prime \( P \) of \( K \) is unr...
Proof. Let \( \mathfrak{P} \) be some prime of \( L \) lying above \( P \) . If \( P \) splits completely in \( L \), then by the previous remarks \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) = \left( e\right) \) . Let \( {\mathfrak{p}}_{1} \) and \( {\mathfrak{p}}_{2} \) be the primes of \( {M}_{1} \) and \( {M}_{2} \), respect...
No
Proposition 9.10. Let \( L/K \) be a Galois extension of global function fields, \( \mathfrak{P} \) a prime of \( L \) and \( P \) the prime of \( K \) lying below it. Suppose \( \mathfrak{P}/P \) is unramified. Then, \( \left( {\mathfrak{P}, L/K}\right) \) is a cyclic generator of \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \)...
Proof. The first assertion is true by the definition of the Frobenius automorphism via the isomorphism \( Z\left( {\mathfrak{P}/P}\right) \cong \operatorname{Gal}\left( {{\mathbb{E}}_{\mathfrak{P}}/{\mathbb{F}}_{P}}\right) \) . To prove the second assertion, recall that for \( \sigma \in G \) we have \( \sigma {O}_{\ma...
Yes
Proposition 9.11. Let \( L/K \) be a Galois extension of global function fields and \( M \) an arbitrary intermediate field. Let \( \mathfrak{P} \) be a prime of \( L \) and \( \mathfrak{p} \) and \( P \) the primes lying below it in \( M \) and \( K \), respectively. Assume \( \mathfrak{P}/P \) is unramified. Then,\n\...
Proof. Using the characterization\n\n\[ \n\left( {\mathfrak{P}, L/K}\right) \omega \equiv {\omega }^{NP}\;\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;\mathfrak{P}}\right) \;\forall \omega \in {O}_{\mathfrak{P}},\n\]\n\nwe deduce\n\n\[ \n{\left( \mathfrak{P}, L/K\right) }^{f\left( {\mathfrak{p}/P}\right) }\omega \equiv {\omega }^{N{P...
Yes
Proposition 9.13. Let \( L/K \) be a Galois extension of global function fields. The Dirichlet density of the set of primes in \( K \) which split in \( L \) is given by \( \delta \left( {\{ L\} }\right) = 1/\left\lbrack {L : K}\right\rbrack \) . If \( {L}_{1} \) and \( {L}_{2} \) are two Galois extensions of \( K \) a...
Proof. We consider the zeta function of \( L \) . We have,\n\n\[ \log {\zeta }_{L}\left( s\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\mathfrak{P} \in {\mathcal{S}}_{L}}}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{\infty }{k}^{-1}N{\mathfrak{P}}^{-{ks}} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\mathfrak{P}}N{\mathfrak{P}}^{-s} + \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\ma...
Yes
Lemma 9.14. Let \( \left( {V,\rho }\right) \) be a representation of \( G = \operatorname{Gal}\left( {L/K}\right) \) where \( L/K \) is a Galois extension of global function fields. Let \( P \) be a prime of \( K \) unramified in \( L \) . Then\n\n\[ \log {L}_{P}\left( {s,\chi }\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}...
Proof. If \( \left\{ {{\alpha }_{1}\left( P\right) ,{\alpha }_{2}\left( P\right) ,\cdots ,{\alpha }_{m}\left( P\right) }\right\} \) are the eigenvalues of \( \left( {\mathfrak{P}, L/K}\right) \), then we showed earlier that \( {L}_{P}{\left( s,\chi \right) }^{-1} = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{m}\left( {1 - {\alph...
Yes
Proposition 9.15. With the above notation and conventions, \( L\left( {s,\chi }\right) \) converges absolutely in the region \( \Re \left( s\right) > 1 \) and for every \( \delta > 0 \) it converges absolutely and uniformly in the region \( \Re \left( s\right) \geq 1 + \delta \) . Consequently, \( L\left( {s,\chi }\rig...
Proof. An infinite product \( \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\left( {1 + {a}_{n}}\right) \) converges absolutely if and only if \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\left| {a}_{n}\right| \) converges. Using the local decomposition \( {L}_{P}\left( s\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{m}(1 - \)...
Yes
Lemma 9.17. Let \( G \) be a finite group and \( C \subset G \) a conjugacy class of \( G \) . Let \( \sigma \in C \) and \( \tau \in G \) . Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\chi }\overline{\chi \left( \sigma \right) }\chi \left( \tau \right) = 0\text{ if }\tau \notin C\text{ and }\frac{\# G}{\# C}\text{ if }\tau \in ...
Proof. This is one of the two standard othogonality relations among characters of finite groups. See Lang [4] or Serre [3].
No
Proposition 9.18. The Artin map \( \left( {*, L/K}\right) : {\mathcal{D}}_{K}^{\prime } \rightarrow G \) is onto and the kernel contains the group \( {N}_{L/K}{\mathcal{D}}_{L}^{\prime } \) where \( {\mathcal{D}}_{L}^{\prime } \) is the subgroup of \( {\mathcal{D}}_{L} \) generated by primes of \( L \) unramified over ...
Proof. Let \( {G}^{\prime } \) denote the image of \( \left( {*, L/K}\right) \) and \( M \subset L \) the fixed field of \( {G}^{\prime } \) . If \( P \in {\mathcal{S}}_{K}^{\prime } \) then, by Proposition 9.11, \( {\left. \left( P, L/K\right) \right| }_{M} = \left( {P, M/K}\right) \) . By definition, \( {\left. \left...
Yes
Proposition 9.19. Let \( L = K\mathbb{E} \) where \( \mathbb{E} \) is an extension of \( \mathbb{F} \) of degree m. Let \( P \) be any prime of \( K \) . Then \( \left( {P, L/K}\right) = {\phi }_{q}^{{\deg }_{K}P} \) .
Proof. Every prime of \( K \) is unramified in \( L \) since \( L \) is a constant field extension. See Proposition 8.5.\n\nSuppose \( \alpha \in \mathbb{E} \) . From the definition, \( \left( {P, L/K}\right) \alpha \equiv {\alpha }^{NP}\left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;\mathfrak{P}}\right) \), where \( \mathfrak{P} \) is ...
Yes
Proposition 9.20. Maintaining the notation of the previous proposition, the Artin map \( \left( {*, L/K}\right) : {\mathcal{D}}_{K} \rightarrow \operatorname{Gal}\left( {L/K}\right) \cong \operatorname{Gal}\left( {\mathbb{E}/\mathbb{F}}\right) \) is onto and the kernel is the group \( {\mathcal{D}}_{K}^{o}{\mathcal{D}}...
Proof. We already know that the map is onto. To determine the kernel we note that the Artin map is given by \( \left( {D, L/K}\right) = {\phi }_{q}^{{\deg }_{K}D} \) for \( D \in {\mathcal{D}}_{K} \) . This is true for prime divisors by the previous proposition and it follows in general by linearity. From this we see \...
Yes