Kummer Degrees
A one-file SageMath script to compute the degrees of Kummer Extensions of the rational numbers. In order to use the functions KummerDegree and TotalKummerFailure (described below), simply download the file kummer_degree.sage and include it in your SageMath session/project, for example with
attach("kummer_degree.sage")
A Kummer Extension of Q is a field extension of the form Q{M,N}:= Q(z,G1/N ), where:
- M and N are integers with N dividing M;
- z is a root of unity of order M;
- G is a finitely generated subgroup of the multiplicative group Q* of Q;
- G1/N is the set of all elements x of an algebraic closure of Q such that xn belongs to G.
In other words, it is a number field generated by finitely many elements of the form a1/n and “at least sufficiently many” roots of unity to make this field Galois over Q.
The main importance of this script is to show that, for a fixed group G as above, one can compute in a finite time a finite-case-distinction formula that computes the degrees of such extensions when M and N vary. A preprint by A. Perucca, P. Sgobba and S. Tronto that explains how this is possible can be found in the docs folder.
The computational complexity of the algorithm has not been computed precisely. However, we can say the following:
- The complexity is exponential in the rank r of the group.
- The script can become slow if the generators of the group G are n-th powers for very high n.
- The generators given are factored as product of prime powers, so very large generators can slow the script as well.
- The code is very fast for groups of small rank (e.g. up to 5) and generated by elements of magnitude 106; higher ranks are feasible as well with smaller generators.
- The complexity of KummerDegree(G,M,N) does not depend on M and N.
Moreover, the results for each group G are cached, so that subsequent computation of degrees for the same group G only require constant time (and are very fast).
KummerDegree( G, M, N )
Returns the degree of the Kummer extension Q{M,N}=Q(z,G1/N ) over Q.
INPUT:
- G - a list of generators of the group G
- M - a positive integer
- N - a positive divisor of N
OUTPUT:
The degree of the Kummer Extensions Q{M,N}=Q(z,G1/N ) over Q.
EXAMPLES:
sage: KummerDegree([5],10,2)
4
sage: KummerDegree([-36,12,-1],120,24)
4608
sage: KummerDegree([144,27,49/81,-1/125,121/13],36*10^6,36*10^6)
1007769600000000000000000000000000000000000
TotalKummerFailure( G )
Outputs the description of the failure of maximality for all possible values of M and N.
INPUT:
G - a list of generators for the group G
OUPUT:
The first part of the output consist of two positive integers M0 and N0. N0 is always a divisor of M0.
The second part of the output can be either one or two tables, depending on the group G. In case -1 is not an element of G, there is only one table, otherwise two.
In case -1 does not belong to G: The rows of the table are labelled with the divisors of N0, while the columns with the divisors of M0. The total failure of maximality of the Kummer Extension Q{M,N}, i.e. the ratio between phi(M)*Nrank(G) and the degree of Q{M,N} over Q, is given by the (i,j)-th entry of the table for i=gcd(N,N0) and j=gcd(M,M0).
In case -1 belongs to G, we need to distinguish two cases, depending on the parity of M/N. The two tables are similar to the one described above, and can be seen in the example below.
The output includes an explanation of the tables and how to read them to deduce the actual degrees (that can be computed with KummerDegree).
EXAMPLES:
sage: TotalKummerFailure([-36,12])
M_0 = 24
N_0 = 8
The following table shows the total failure of Kummer degrees.
The degree of the Kummer extension (M,N) is e / f, where e = phi(M)*N^rank(G)
and f is the entry of the table below at the row labelled with gcd(N,N0) and
the column labelled with gcd(M,M0).
| 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24
- - - - - - - - - -
1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 | 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4
4 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8
8 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8
sage: TotalKummerFailure([-36,12,-1])
M_0 = 24
N_0 = 8
The following table shows the total failure of Kummer degrees in case the
quotient M/N is EVEN.
The degree of the Kummer extension (M,N) is e / f, where e = phi(M)*N^rank(G)
if N is odd and e = 2*phi(M)*N^rank(G) if N is even and f is the entry of the
table below at the row labelled with gcd(N,N0) and the column labelled with
gcd(M,M0).
| 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24
- - - - - - - - - -
1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8
4 | 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 16
8 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 16
The following table shows the total failure of Kummer degrees if the quotient
M/N is ODD and is read as the previous one.
| 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24
- - - - - - - - - -
1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 | 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 4
4 | 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8
8 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8
Uncommenting the line of code:
print_case_list( ret )
inside the function totalkummerfailure makes the script output the description of the total failure as a finite list of cases, as below:
sage: TotalKummerFailure([25])
M_0 = 40
N_0 = 8
The following table shows the total failure of Kummer degrees.
The degree of the Kummer extension (M,N) is e / f, where e = phi(M)*N^rank(G)
and f is the entry of the table below at the row labelled with gcd(N,N0) and
the column labelled with gcd(M,M0).
| 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40
- - - - - - - - - -
1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
4 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4
8 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4
Failure is 1 if (gcd(M,M0),gcd(N,N0)) is one of the following:
[(1, 1), (2, 1), (4, 1), (5, 1), (8, 1), (10, 1), (20, 1), (40, 1)]
Failure is 2 if (gcd(M,M0),gcd(N,N0)) is one of the following:
[(1, 2), (2, 2), (4, 2), (5, 2), (8, 2), (10, 2), (20, 2), (40, 2), (1, 4), (2, 4), (4, 4), (5, 4), (8, 4), (10, 4), (1, 8), (2, 8), (4, 8), (5, 8), (8, 8), (10, 8), (20, 8)]
Failure is 4 if (gcd(M,M0),gcd(N,N0)) is one of the following:
[(20, 4), (40, 4), (40, 8)]