Semi-galois Categories III: Witt vectors by deformations of modular functions

arXiv2007.13367MaRDI QIDQ6345895FDOQ6345895

Publication date: 27 July 2020

Abstract: Based on our previous work on an arithmetic analogue of Christol's theorem, this paper studies in more detail the structure of the lambda-ring

of algebraic Witt vectors for number fields

K

. First developing general results concerning

E_{K}

, we apply them to the case when

K

is an imaginary quadratic field. The main results include the "modularity theorem" for algebraic Witt vectors, which claims that certain deformation families

f : M_{2} (w i d e h a t m a t h b b Z) i m e s m a t h f r a k H i g h t a r r o w m a t h b b C

of modular functions of finite level always define algebraic Witt vectors

w i d e h a t f

by their special values, and conversely, every algebraic Witt vector

x i i n E_{K}

is realized in this way, that is,

x i = w i d e h a t f

for some deformation family

f : M_{2} (w i d e h a t m a t h b b Z) i m e s m a t h f r a k H i g h t a r r o w m a t h b b C

. This gives a rather explicit description of the lambda-ring

E_{K}

for imaginary quadratic fields

K

, which is stated as the identity

E_{K} = M_{K}

between the lambda-ring

E_{K}

and the

K

-algebra

M_{K}

of modular vectors

w i d e h a t f

.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Class field theory (11R37)

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