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Main Authors: Vicente, Luis Manuel Navas, Martin, Francisco J. Plaza
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04365
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author Vicente, Luis Manuel Navas
Martin, Francisco J. Plaza
author_facet Vicente, Luis Manuel Navas
Martin, Francisco J. Plaza
contents We consider projective, irreducible, non-singular curves over an algebraically closed field $\k$. A cover $Y \to X$ of such curves corresponds to an extension $Ω/Σ$ of their function fields and yields an isomorphism $\A_{Y} \simeq \A_{X} \otimes_Σ Ω$ of their geometric adele rings. The primitive element theorem shows that $\A_{Y}$ is a quotient of $\A_{X}[T]$ by a polynomial. In general, we may look at quotient algebras $\AXp{\p} = \A_{X}[T]/(\p(T))$ where $\p(T) \in \A_{X}[T]$ is monic and separable over $\A_{X}$, and try to characterize the field extensions $Ω/Σ$ lying in $\AXp{\p}$ which arise from covers as above. We achieve this topologically, namely, as those $Ω$ which embed discretely in $\AXp{\p}$, and in terms of an additive analog of the product formula for global fields, a result which is reminiscent of classical work of Artin-Whaples and Iwasawa. The technical machinery requires studying which topology on $\AXp{\p}$ is natural for this problem. Local compactness no longer holds, but instead we have linear topologies defined by commensurability of $\k$-subspaces which coincide with the restricted direct product topology with respect to integral closures. The content function is given as an index measuring the discrepancy in commensurable subspaces.
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spellingShingle Characterization of subfields of adelic algebras by a product formula
Vicente, Luis Manuel Navas
Martin, Francisco J. Plaza
Rings and Algebras
Number Theory
14H05 (Primary), 12J20, 13B02, 13A18, 13J99 (Secondary)
We consider projective, irreducible, non-singular curves over an algebraically closed field $\k$. A cover $Y \to X$ of such curves corresponds to an extension $Ω/Σ$ of their function fields and yields an isomorphism $\A_{Y} \simeq \A_{X} \otimes_Σ Ω$ of their geometric adele rings. The primitive element theorem shows that $\A_{Y}$ is a quotient of $\A_{X}[T]$ by a polynomial. In general, we may look at quotient algebras $\AXp{\p} = \A_{X}[T]/(\p(T))$ where $\p(T) \in \A_{X}[T]$ is monic and separable over $\A_{X}$, and try to characterize the field extensions $Ω/Σ$ lying in $\AXp{\p}$ which arise from covers as above. We achieve this topologically, namely, as those $Ω$ which embed discretely in $\AXp{\p}$, and in terms of an additive analog of the product formula for global fields, a result which is reminiscent of classical work of Artin-Whaples and Iwasawa. The technical machinery requires studying which topology on $\AXp{\p}$ is natural for this problem. Local compactness no longer holds, but instead we have linear topologies defined by commensurability of $\k$-subspaces which coincide with the restricted direct product topology with respect to integral closures. The content function is given as an index measuring the discrepancy in commensurable subspaces.
title Characterization of subfields of adelic algebras by a product formula
topic Rings and Algebras
Number Theory
14H05 (Primary), 12J20, 13B02, 13A18, 13J99 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04365