Functional degrees and arithmetic applications II: The Group-Theoretic Prime Ax-Katz Theorem

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Authors: Pete L. Clark, Uwe Schauz 

Publication date: 2 May 2023

Abstract: We give a version of Ax-Katz's $p$-adic congruences and Moreno-Moreno's $p$-weight refinement that holds over any finite commutative ring of prime characteristic. We deduce this from a purely group-theoretic result that gives a lower bound on the $p$-adic divisibility of the number of simultaneous zeros of a system of maps $f_j:Ao{B}_j$ from a fixed ``source finite commutative group $A$ of exponent $p$ to varying ``target finite commutative $p$-groups $B_j$. Our proof combines Wilson's proof of Ax-Katz over $mathbb{F}_p$ with the functional calculus of Aichinger-Moosbauer.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials (13F20) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Finite abelian groups (20K01)

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