The ideal class group #
This file defines the ideal class group ClassGroup R of fractional ideals of R
inside its field of fractions.
Main definitions #
toPrincipalIdealsends an invertiblex : Kto an invertible fractional idealClassGroupis the quotient of invertible fractional ideals modulotoPrincipalIdeal.rangeClassGroup.mk0sends a nonzero integral ideal in a Dedekind domain to its class
Main results #
ClassGroup.mk0_eq_mk0_iffshows the equivalence with the "classical" definition, whereI ~ Jiffx I = y Jforx y โ (0 : R)
Implementation details #
The definition of ClassGroup R involves FractionRing R. However, the API should be completely
identical no matter the choice of field of fractions for R.
toPrincipalIdeal R K x sends x โ 0 : K to the fractional R-ideal generated by x
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The ideal class group of R is the group of invertible fractional ideals
modulo the principal ideals.
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The class group of R is isomorphic to the group of invertible R-submodules in Frac(R)
modulo the principal submodules (invertible submodules are automatically fractional ideals).
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Send a nonzero fractional ideal to the corresponding class in the class group.
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Induction principle for the class group: to show something holds for all x : ClassGroup R,
we can choose a fraction field K and show it holds for the equivalence class of each
I : FractionalIdeal Rโฐ K.
The definition of the class group does not depend on the choice of field of fractions.
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Send a nonzero integral ideal to an invertible fractional ideal.
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Send a nonzero ideal to the corresponding class in the class group.
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A fractional ideal is a unit iff its integral numerator num is a unit.
Maps a nonzero fractional ideal to an integral representative in the class group.
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If the class group is trivial, any unit fractional ideal is principal.
If the class group is trivial, any integral ideal that is a unit as a fractional ideal is principal.
The class group of principal ideal domain is finite (in fact a singleton).
See ClassGroup.fintypeOfAdmissibleOfFinite for a finiteness proof that works for rings of integers
of global fields.
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The class number of a principal ideal domain is 1.
The class number is 1 iff the ring of integers is a principal ideal domain.