A NNALI DELLA
S CUOLA N ORMALE S UPERIORE DI P ISA Classe di Scienze
H ISASI M ORIKAWA
On p-equations and normal extensions of finite p-type. (II) The analogy of the Riemann’s problem
Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Scienze 3
esérie, tome 18, n
o2 (1964), p. 187-200
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OF FINITE P-TYPE
(II) THE ANALOGY OF THE RIEMANN’S PROBLEM
HISASI MORIKAWA
(*)
§
1.Introduction.
1.1 Let
Cffl
be a closed Riemann surface and Z be the directsystem
of all the finite subsets in where the order in E is defined
by
the settheoretical inclusion. If there exists the canonical homo
morphism
qJS,8’ of the fundamental groupS’)
onto the fundamen-tal group We denote
by G(9K)
the inverse limit of{nt S ) ~ S
EI
withrespect
to thehomomorphisms (qs,
cS’)
andby ggs
the canonicalhomomorphism
of (~ onto j’ltS).
We denoteby
the field ofmeromorphic
functions on9X
andby CJ)
theset of all the linear
homogeneous ordinary
differentialequations
with coef-ficients in
K(9£).
We denoteby
the set of all the solutionsof certain non-zero elements in
~2) (9N).
Then iteasily
checked that is a commutativeby
the usual sum, the pro- duct and themultiplication
of the elements of Thetopological
group
operates continuously
on the discretering
asfollows : Let
f
be any element in S~ and a be any element in G Let 8 be the set of all thesingularities
off
on9N
and y(o)
be the closedpath
onCffl -
S of whichhomotopy
class in ~i(Cffl- S )
is theimage
qs(0)
of a
by
the canonicalhomomorphism
qs . Then theimage fa
off by
a isdefined
by
theanalytic
continuation off along
the closedpath y (0).
The-reforo we can
regard 0 (c)g)
as a C[ C
whereC
is the fieldPervenuto alla Redazione il 22 novembre 1963 ed in forma definitiva il 3 marzo 1964.
(*)
This research wae sponsored by Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche al Centro Ricerche Fisica e Matematica a Pisa.of
complex
numbers and we meanby
a G a discrete moduleon which G
operates continuously.
In these notations and
terminologies
the classical Riemannproblem
isformulated as follows
(1) :
Does there exist a in which is
isomorphic
to a
given
of finite dimension overé,
1.2 We shall
explain
theanalogy
of the Riemann’sproblem
in thering
of Witt vectors.Let p
be aprime
number and L1 be field of characteri- stic p. LetWf
be theeeparable algebraic
closure ~of L1 and G(A)
be theGalois group of
d’/d,
where G(d)
is considered as a discrete group. Wemean
by
a Witt vector with coefficients in d’ an infinite ordered set of elementsoe~ (~ = 0~ ly 2~...)
inPutting 0
=(0, 0, 0, ...),
we write
instead of 9 a2
I "’)’
E. Witt introduced the sum, the difference and theproduct
of two Witt vectorsby
means ofsystems
of infinitepolyno-
mials with coefficients in theprime
fieldGF(p)
(i) The Riemann’s problem formulated in tne classical terminology can be seen
[2], II,,
865 p. p. 888-384.(2) See
[8].
By
means of theseoperations
all the Witt vectors with coefficients ind’
form a commutativeintegral
domainW (A’).
We call W(A’)
thering
ofWitt vectors with coefficients in
2’.
For anysubring
A ind’
thering W (A)
of Witt vectors with coefficients in A isnaturally
considered as asubring
of W(j’).
Since thering Zp
ofp-adic integers
can beregarded
asthe
ring
of Witt vectors with coefficients in theprime
fieldGF (p), Zp
isconsidered as a
subring
of We denote(resp. g (d))
thequotient
field ofW (2i’) (resp. W (A))..
Moregenerally
for any subfield ~1 in2F
we denoteby
K(tl)
thequotient field
of thering W (A)
of Witt vectorswith_
coeffidients in A. The discrete group G(A) operates continuously
onW (A’)
as follows :Hence
W (d’)
isregarded
as aZp [G (4)].module.
In these notations and
terminologies
theanalogy
of Riemann’sproblem
is formulated as follows:
_
Does there exist a
Zp [(~ (A)]-submodule
inW (A’)
which isisomorphic
to a
given
of finite rank overZp?
In the
present
paper we shall solve thisproblem.
Our main theorem is as follows:MAIN THEOREM. If
R (A)
is transcendental overQp,
there exists aZp I 0 (J)]-module
in W(d’)
which isisomorphic
to agiven Zp
of finite rank over
Zp.
§
2.Proof of the main theorem.
2.1. We shall
begin by
the theorem on normal base(3):
Let
be a finiteseparable
normal extension of a field K. Then there exists a base(called
normalbase)
of which consists of all theconjugates
of an element in Z over K.For a finite
separable
extension of we denoteby G (LIK)
theGalois group of
LjK
andby TrLJg
the trace map of L intoK,
i. e.0153O’, (a
EL).
0’ c
(3) See some standard texthooks on algebra.
LEMMA 1. Let
L/g
be a finiteseparable
normal extension. Then the trace map issurjective.
PROOF. Let
10
E G(LIK))
be a normal base ofL/.K
and a be any element in K. Then there exists aunique system (can Q
E G(LIK))
of ele-ments in K such that a =
Ec.
wa. Since a"= a in G(LIK),
we have0
c° = c°= for 0, ’f in G
(LIK).
This shows that Ca = c for every a in G(Z/g )
with an element c in K.
Namely
LEMMA 2. Let
LIK
be a finiteseparable
normal extension. LetLi
andL2
be normal subfields of Lover .g such thatE, n L2
= K. If elements ain
Lt and fl
inL2 satisfy (’%)
=TrLtlK (~8),
then there exists an ele-ment y in L such that
(y)
= ex and =fl.
PROOF. In view of Lemma 1 it is
enough
to prove Lemma 2 for thecase L
= .Li L2 .
"By
the condition in Lemma 2 the Galois groupis the direct
product
xG (LifK).
We choose normal basis and ofLs/K
andL2/K, respectively.
Then
o
E G G form a normal base ofLs i Lz j K.
Putand with coefficients in K. Let us consider the fol-
1 T
lowing system
of linearequations
in7} :
where G
operates
on)XQ, _) trivially.
Thissystem
isequivalent
toSince we have
and
is the unit element in (~
(L1
Putting
we have a solution of the above
equations
in K. Hence the element satisfies the condition in Lemma 2.0, T
We shall formulate Lemma 2 to the
problem
in therings
of Wittvectors :
LEMMA 3. Let ~1 be a finite
separable
normal extension of J. Lettl ~
and
A2
be normal subfields of ~1 over 4 such thatAt
nA2
= 4. If elementsa in
and f
insatisfy
thenthere exists an
element y
inW (A)
such that andPROOF. It is sufficient to show that the coefficients r1 ... in the
expansion
1
of y in Lemma 3 are
successively
constructed. Putand ,
Then,
sincewe have mod p and
Hence, by
virtue of Lemma2,
we haveyo
in ~1 such that .’and
(yo)
=Po, namely
Assume we have
already
ya , .·. , in tl such thatPut
and
Then,
since . we baveand thus Therefore
by
virtue of Lemma 2 we haveyn in d such that
namely
2.2. We shall first prove the
following
Lemma andapply
ittogether
with Lemma 2 to construct of the
matric
solution of Aa = AM(a), (o
E Q’(d))
in
W (5).
LEMMA 4. Let
LIK
be a finiteseparable
normal extension and(N(o) ~ Q
EE (~ be a
representation
of the Galois groupby non singular
matriceswith coefficients in K. Let w be an element in .L such that all the
conjw gates
of (1) over K form a normal base. Then the matrixN (0-1)
w is~ ’
non-singular.
PROOF. It is sufficient to prove Lemma 4 for every irreducible repre- sentation in K. Since every irreducible
representation
appears in the regu- larrepresentation
as an irreduciblecomponent,
it is suf- ficient to prove det(Z R (0-1)
0.Giving
an order a,>
... in6
G
(L/K),
we shall calculate(i xj)-element
of,where 6
(e)
.-_. 1 for the unit element s and 6(r)
= 0for l’ =1=
s. Since(coa 10 E
G form a normalbase ,
the matrix of which(i xj)
.
...
element is
co’ i i8
notsingular.
This proves Lemma 4.Let
(M (a) o
E G(A))
be arepresentation
ofG (A) by
nonsingular
r X r-matrices with coefficients in
Zp.
We denoteby
thesubgroup (a
E G(A) M (a)
==identity
modp-)
in G(if)
and J(m)
the subfield of4’
consisting
of all the elements fixedby
every element inr (m), ~m = 1, 2, .,.).
Then are normal
subgroups
of finite indecis and if(m)/A
are finiteseparable
normal extensions of 4.For each m we choose a
system
ofrepresentatives
of G in G(d)
and we understandby E
that the sum is taken over all orunning
o mod
through
therepresentatives
of G(d)/T (m).
THEOREM 1. Let
(M (o) o
E G(4))
be arepresentation
of G(d) by
non-singular r
X r-matrices with coefficients inZp.
Then there exists a non-singular
matrix A with coefficients inW (A’)
such that Ao =’ M(a) A, (o
E G(d)).
PROOF. We use the notations in the above. In view
.
of Lemma 1 and the theorem of normal
base,
there exists asystem (ro1 , ro2’ ...)
of elements in
W (41’
such that1)
wm EW(4 (nt)), (m = 1, 2,...),
C01 =co, 1.
2)
all theconjugates
of co, over LJ form a normal base of 4(1)IA, 3) (COm+1)
= ODI, , f(m = 1, 2, ...).
Put
where 1 is the
identity
in W(d’).
Since wmE K (d (m))
andM (e)
=identity
mod
pm
for Lo inr(m),
the class ofAm
modp’~
isindependent
of the choiceof the
representatives
of G Moreover we have thefollowing
setimportant
relations :because
Therefore there exists the limit
A
= limAm
such thatA = Am mod pm.
m-oo
(in
=1, 2, ...).
On the other handI
m od p~, (a
E C~(4) ; m
=1) 29 ...),.
hence we have
(a E
C~(A)). By
virtue of Lemma 4Ai
is non.singular,
so A is alsonon-singular.
Thiscompletes
theproof
of Theorem 1.By
anargument
based on the same ideas as in theproof
of Theorem 1 we have thefollowing
theorem :THEOREM 2. Let
(M (a) I 0 E
G(A))
be arepresentation
of Q’(d) by
non-singular r >
r-matrices with coefficients inZp
andBi
be a r x r-matrixwith coefficients in d
(1)
such thatBi
= M(a) Bi ,
y(0
E Q’(d)),
where M(a)
isthe
reduction of modulo p the subfield of2’ consisting
ofall the elements in A’ fixed
by
the element a such that M(_o)
=identity
mod
p. Then there exists a matrix B with coefficients inW (d’)
such that1 ) B,
is the reduction of B modulo p,2) Do = 11 (a) B, (a
E Q’(A)).
PROOF. On this
proof
01 0)2 ... denote the same elements of(A’)
asin the
proof
of Theorem 1. Since isnon-singular (Lemma 4),
we can
put
Then 0 is a matrix with coefficiente in A and C
1
is a matrix with coefficients in W(d).
MoreoverBm - Am (C - 1) mod pm
andB1
is the redu-ction of
Bm
modulo p, whereA m
is the same as in theproof
of Theorem 1.Hence
putting
B = limB~ ,
we have a Bsatisfying
the conditions in Theorem 2.2.3 In order to solve the
problem affirmatively,
we need to prove the existence of avector ta
_(tit,
... ,0153,.) with
coefficients inW (J’)
such that1)
a°
=1~ (a) a, (a
EG4)
and2)
a,. arelinearly independent
overQp.
Theexistence of non-zero vector
satisfying 1)
isguaranteed by
Theorem 1. We shall first notice the existence of vectorssatisfying 1)
and2)
for the irre.ducible
representations IN (o) I
a E G(A))
of G(d1 and,
then under the assum.ption
thatK
istranscendental,
we shall prove the existence of ve- ctorssatisfying 1)
and2) by
the induction on the number of irreduciblecomponents
in therepresentations.
THEOREM 3. Let
{M (a) I
a E G(d))
be an irreduciblerepresentation
ofQ’
(A) by
~~ X r-matrices withcoefficients
inZp.
Then there exists asystems
of
elements e1 ,
... ,Er
in W(4’)
such that1)
2) ;1 ,
... ,~
arelinearly independent
overQp.
PROOF. In view of Theorem 1 there exists a non-zero vector ... ,
tlr)
with coefficients in W
(A’)
such thatLet Y be
Zp [ G (d)]-module spanned by
... , a, overZp
in W(J’).
Ifthe rank of V is less
than ;,
therepresentation (M (0) I (if))
is not ir-reducible. This shows the
linearly independentness
of x1 ~ ... , overQp.
In the induction process we shall need the
following
lemma:LEMMA 5.
Let ~
be a transcendental element in a field L over a sub- field g and 0153{,...,flu , ... ,
I y, I ... , 2,, be elements in L such that(a, 7...,
and are sets oflinearly independent
elements overK. Then there exists a
positive integer
no such that for no the elements ai~’~ -f -
... ~ as$19 + yr, y ~
... , arelinearly independent
over K.
PROOF. We shall
give
aproof
fromalgebraic geometry.
Put ill == g (~,
... ,fl, ,
..., y, , ... ,Y8),
where if denotes thealgebraic
closure of K. We choose a normal
projective variety V
defined over K as a model of the function field M/ iT.
We denoteby I
theIT module spanned
by
a~ , ... , a8 , ... , Y8 in 111over,
K and denoteby
d themaximal of
the degrees
of thepolar
divisors of elements in I. For aprime
divisor Y on V we mean
by 1’y
the valuation defined as follows: If themultiplicity
of Y in theprincipal
divisor( f )
is I thevalue ’Vy ( f )
isgi-
ven
by ny deg
Y. We choose aprime
divisor X on V such that 1.Since the
degree
ofpolar
divisors of elements in E is atmost d,
we havein
~).
Weput no
= 2d+ 1.
Let n be apositive integer
not less than ~zo and assume that there exist Iin 1~ such that
Then,
since ,we have the two cases :
+
=0,
it follows thatat) En
= 0and Z a;
ai = 0. Since 01531’.’" ari i i
are
linearly independent
overK,
we have a, =... = a, = 0.By
the linearindependence
of~81, ... , flr-o
over g wehave b1
= ... = =0,
becauseLet us assume Then
. J .
On the other
hand,
as E I and ; ,’..
we have >
This is a contradiction. Therefore are
linearly independent
over K.The next lemma is the reduction of the
problem.
LEMMA 6. Let
o E
be arepresentation
ofG (J) by
non-sin-gular r X r-matrices
with coefficients inZp
such thatLet J
(m)
be the subfield of A’consisting
of all the elements fixedby
thesubgroup
=(Q E
G(d) ~ I
M(a)
==E=identity
modp’~~ (m = 1, 2, ...).
Assumetwo systems (ai , a2 , ..)
and(bi, b2, ...)
of vectors with coefficients insatisfy
1)
the coefficients of andbm belong
to W(4 (m)),
2)
=am,
_b~ ~
3) putting (4)
the sets
(ai , ... ,
and{*’1’’’.’
are sets oflinearly independent
ele-ments over
Qp.
1.Then,
if K(LI)
is transcendental over I there. exists asystem
of vectors...)
such that1)
the coefficients of Xmbelong
toputting
the elements
;1,...,;r
arelinearly independent
overQp.
PROOF. Put
and
apply
Lemma 5 to ai , ... , CI" 9~Bi , ... ,
7~1, ... ,
t Y8 I L =R (d’)
andK =
Qp.
Then there exists a non-zeroelement q
inW (A)
such+
... ,
+
y8 IBl , ...
arelinearly independent
overQp. Therefore, putting
we
get.a system
of vectors(Xi, X2 , ...) satisfying
the conditions in Lemma 6.Applying
Lemma 6successively
we have our main theorem :THEOREM 4
(the
maintheorem).
IfK (J)
is transcendental overQp,
there
exists
aZp [G (d)]-submodule
inW (d’)
which isisomorphic
to agiven Zp [G
of finite rank overZp .
PROOF. We shall prove the next assertion :
(A)
Let{M (a) Q
E G(d))
be anyrepresentation
of G(d) by non-singular
r X r.matrices with coefficients in
Zp.
Let be thesubgroup
(4) The conditions
1)
and 2)imply
the existence of limits in 3).8. AnnWi Yom.
(a
E G(J) ~ ~I (0)
«identity mod p"’)
and A(m)
the subfield in A’consisting
of all the elements fixed
by
every element inr (m). Then,
I ifK (4)/Q,
istranscendental,
there exists asystem
of vectorsX2 ...)
such that1)
the coefficients of xmbelong
toW (J (m)), 3) putting (5)
the elements
;1,...,;r
arelinearly independent
The vector
t(~i , ... , ~r)
in(A)
satisfies the condition in Theorem4,
hence it is
enough
to prove(A) by
the induction on the number of ir- reduciblecomponents.
First we assumeG(4))
is irreducible.Then,
if we denoteby Al A2 , ...
the same matrices as in theproof
ofTheorem 1 and denote
y a2 ,
,.. the first column vectors ofA ~ , A2 , ... ,
Irespectively,
thenby
theargument
in theproof
of Theorem 3 thesystem (ai , a~ , ...)
satisfies the condition in(A).
We assume(A)
for the case inwhich the number of irreducible
components
is less than n.Let
( M (o) a
E G(A))
be arepresentation
of G(d) by non-singular
r X r-matrices with coefiicients in
Zp
such thati)
ii) (NI (a) 10
E Q~(/J))
isirreducible, iii) the
number of irreduciblecomponents
in is n -1. We denote the subfield of
i~
consisting
of all the elements fixedby
every element inm) ==
=
(o
E Q’(4) j N~ (o)
==identity
modpn), (i = 1, 2 ;
m =1, 2, ...). By
the inductionassumption
there existsystems
of vectors(at, az ,
I...)
and(lb 1 ...)
such that1)
the coefficients of am(resp. bm) belong
toW (4 (1, m)). (resp. W (A(2, m)),
3) putting (6)
(5), (8)
see(4).
and
the sets
(ai , ...,
andf"t,".,
are sets oflinearly independent
ele-ments over
~, .
Put =
U
4(1, m)
andd(2)
=U A (2, m).
Then there exists a non-m m
decreasing
arithmetic function 0 such that A(11 o 4(1)
f1 A(m)
andJ
(2,
4Y(m)) m A(2)
n 4(m), (m = 1, 2, ...),
because if(m) (m = 1, 2, ...)
are finiteextensions over 4. We shall
inductively
show that we can choose vectors Cm andam
with coefficients inW (d (m))
such thatSince d (1)) is a known element in
K
A(1)) applying
Lemma 3 to41
=Ap
= n 4(1),
4 = and a= fl =
we have an element
C1
with coefficients inW(J(1)) satisfying (B~).
Assume we havealready
such thatthe coefficients of Ci
belong
toW (d (1))
and clsatisfy (Bi)~ (I = 1~ 2, ... ,
2m - 1). Then,
since n 4(m)) n
4(m - 1)
=d(1~
n 4(m - 1)
andwe can use Lemma 3 and
get
a vector Cm with coefficients inW (4 (in))
such that
and
By
the same method we haveb1, ~2 , ... satisfying
the conditions.By
virtueof the last condition in the limits
exist and
by
the first two conditions in we haveTherefore, applying
Lemma 6 to(C, , C2 , ...)
and(b, ...),
we havea
system
of vectors(XI, X2 , ...) satisfying
the conditions in(A).
This com-pletes
theproof
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