Algebraic number theory MOC

Logarithmic embedding

Let 𝐾 be a number field with signature (𝑟1,𝑟2) with real embeddings {𝜎𝑖}𝑟1𝑖=1 and representative unreal embeddings {𝜏𝑖}𝑟2𝑖=1. The Logarithmic embedding 𝐿 :𝐾× →ℝ𝑟1+𝑟2 is a group homomorphism defined by #m/def/num/alg

𝐿(𝛼)=(ln⁡|𝜎1(𝛼)|,…,ln⁡|𝜎𝑟1(𝛼)|,ln⁡|𝜏1(𝛼)|2,…,ln⁡|𝜏𝑟2|2).

We call 𝐺 =𝐿(O∗𝐾) the unit lattice for 𝐾, and its covolume is called the regulator.

Properties

  1. The norm of an element is related to the sum of its image by
ln⁡|N⁡(𝛼)|=Σ𝐿(𝛼)

where Σ :ℝ𝑟1+𝑟2 →ℝ is the summation map. 2. ker⁡(𝐿 ↾O𝐾) =𝑊𝐾, the group of roots of unity, by Kronecker's root of unity lemma.


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