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Main Authors: Kelly, James P., Samuels, Charles L.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.08112
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author Kelly, James P.
Samuels, Charles L.
author_facet Kelly, James P.
Samuels, Charles L.
contents The adèle ring $\mathbb A_K$ of a global field $K$ is a locally compact, metrizable topological ring which is complete with respect to any invariant metric on $\mathbb A_K$. For a fixed global field $F$ and a possibly infinite algebraic extension $E/F$, there is a natural partial ordering on $\{\mathbb A_K:F\subseteq K\subseteq E\}$. Therefore, we may form the direct limit \[ \mathbb A_E = \varinjlim \mathbb A_K \] which provides one possible generalization of adèle rings to arbitrary algebraic extensions $E/F$. In the case where $E/F$ is Galois, we define an alternate generalization of the adèles, denoted $\bar{\mathbb V}_E$, to be a certain metrizable topological ring of continuous functions on the set of places of $E$. We show that $\bar{\mathbb V}_E$ is isomorphic to the completion of $\mathbb A_E$ with respect to any invariant metric and use this isomorphism to establish several topological properties of $\mathbb A_E$.
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spellingShingle Direct Limits of Adèle Rings and Their Completions
Kelly, James P.
Samuels, Charles L.
Number Theory
11R56, 13J10, 46A13
The adèle ring $\mathbb A_K$ of a global field $K$ is a locally compact, metrizable topological ring which is complete with respect to any invariant metric on $\mathbb A_K$. For a fixed global field $F$ and a possibly infinite algebraic extension $E/F$, there is a natural partial ordering on $\{\mathbb A_K:F\subseteq K\subseteq E\}$. Therefore, we may form the direct limit \[ \mathbb A_E = \varinjlim \mathbb A_K \] which provides one possible generalization of adèle rings to arbitrary algebraic extensions $E/F$. In the case where $E/F$ is Galois, we define an alternate generalization of the adèles, denoted $\bar{\mathbb V}_E$, to be a certain metrizable topological ring of continuous functions on the set of places of $E$. We show that $\bar{\mathbb V}_E$ is isomorphic to the completion of $\mathbb A_E$ with respect to any invariant metric and use this isomorphism to establish several topological properties of $\mathbb A_E$.
title Direct Limits of Adèle Rings and Their Completions
topic Number Theory
11R56, 13J10, 46A13
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.08112