Transitivity of algebra norm #
Suppose we have an R-algebra S with a finite basis. For each s : S,
the determinant of the linear map given by multiplying by s gives information
about the roots of the minimal polynomial of s over R.
References #
- [silvester2000] Silvester, Determinants of Block Matrices, The Mathematical Gazette (2000).
Given a ((m-1)+1)x((m-1)+1) block matrix M = [[A,b],[c,d]], auxMat M k is the auxiliary
matrix [[dI,0],[-c,1]]. k corresponds to the last row/column of the matrix.
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aux M k is lower triangular.
M * aux M k is upper triangular.
The upper-left block of M * aux M k.
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- Algebra.Norm.Transitivity.termMulAuxMatBlock = Lean.ParserDescr.node `Algebra.Norm.Transitivity.termMulAuxMatBlock 1024 (Lean.ParserDescr.symbol "mulAuxMatBlock")
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A matrix with X added to the corner.
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- Algebra.Norm.Transitivity.cornerAddX M k = (Matrix.diagonal fun (i : m) => if i = k then Polynomial.X else 0) + M.map ⇑Polynomial.C
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The main result in Silvester's paper Determinants of Block Matrices: the determinant of
a block matrix with commuting, equal-sized, square blocks can be computed by taking determinants
twice in a row: first take the determinant over the commutative ring generated by the
blocks (S here), then take the determinant over the base ring.
Let A/S/R be a tower of finite free tower of rings (with R and S commutative). Then $\text{Norm}_{A/R} = \text{Norm}_{A/S} \circ \text{Norm}_{S/R}$.
For L/K a finite separable extension of fields and E an algebraically closed extension
of K, the norm (down to K) of an element x of L is equal to the product of the images
of x over all the K-embeddings σ of L into E.