L-twisted 2-by-2 matrices (GPR 22.12, 22.13) #
For L a k-module, the L-twisted 2-by-2 matrices are the formal matrices
[ρ₁ u*]
[v ρ₂], ρᵢ ∈ k, u* ∈ L*, v ∈ L,
multiplied as matrices, using the canonical pairing L* × L → k wherever a product of an entry
of L* with an entry of L occurs (GPR 22.12):
[ρ₁ u*] [σ₁ w*] [ ρ₁σ₁ + ⟨u*, z⟩ ρ₁w* + σ₂u* ]
[v ρ₂] [z σ₂] = [ σ₁v + ρ₂z ρ₂σ₂ + ⟨w*, v⟩ ],
with norm ρ₁ρ₂ - ⟨u*, v⟩, trace ρ₁ + ρ₂ and conjugation exchanging the diagonal
and negating the off-diagonal entries — GPR (22.12.1), (22.12.2), (22.12.3). When L is a
line bundle this is GPR's presentation of Endₖ(k ⊕ L), the quaternion algebra of L-twisted
matrices, and by GPR 22.13 every reduced quaternion algebra is one of these.
What is proved here #
Both directions of GPR 22.13:
- the conic structure, its norm, trace and conjugation — for any
k-moduleL; - non-singularity of the norm for
Lfinitely generated projective — and not by a computation: the norm is the hyperbolic form ofk ⊕ L, pairing(ρ₁, u*)against(ρ₂, -v), soQuadraticForm.isGPRNonsingular_dualProdapplies with no basis, no rank hypothesis and no hypothesis on2; - multiplicativity of the norm exactly under the identity
Module.IsRankOnePairing,⟨φ, x⟩⟨ψ, y⟩ = ⟨φ, y⟩⟨ψ, x⟩— what the algebra needsLto have rank one for, and the only place the rank enters; - hence that it is a composition algebra, and a reduced one: the matrix unit
e₁₁is an elementary idempotent (GPR (22.12.4)), soGPR 22.9applies to it. - conversely, a reduced composition algebra of constant rank four is isomorphic to the twisted matrices for its lower-left Peirce component. The Peirce rank count makes that component a line bundle, and the regular polar pairing identifies the upper-right component with its dual.
The general-purpose equivalence Module.invertible_iff_isLocallyFreeRankOne proves that a line
bundle satisfies Module.IsRankOnePairing. Thus the construction gives a composition algebra for
every invertible L, with no freeness assumption.
Main definitions #
Module.IsRankOnePairing k L: the identity⟨φ, x⟩⟨ψ, y⟩ = ⟨φ, y⟩⟨ψ, x⟩.ConicAlgebra.TwistedMat k L: the module ofL-twisted matrices, with its multiplication.ConicAlgebra.twistedMatNorm k L,ConicAlgebra.twistedMat k L: the norm and the conic structure.
Main results #
ConicAlgebra.isGPRNonsingular_twistedMatNorm: the norm is hyperbolic, hence non-singular.ConicAlgebra.isMultiplicative_twistedMat: the norm permits composition, given the rank-one pairing identity.ConicAlgebra.isComposition_twistedMat: it is a composition algebra.ConicAlgebra.isComposition_twistedMat_of_invertible: the line-bundle form ofGPR 22.12.ConicAlgebra.hasElementaryIdempotent_twistedMat: it is reduced —GPR 22.13's easy half.ConicAlgebra.IsElementaryIdempotent.isomorphic_twistedMat: every reduced constant-rank-four composition algebra is a twisted-matrix algebra, the converse half ofGPR 22.13.
References #
- [GPR] Garibaldi, Petersson, Racine, Albert Algebras over Commutative Rings, 22.9, 22.12, 22.13.
The k-module of L-twisted 2-by-2 matrices (GPR 22.12), as a type synonym for
(k × L*) × (k × L): the element x is the matrix
[x.1.1 x.1.2]
[x.2.2 x.2.1]
whose top row is x.1 = (ρ₁, u*) and whose bottom row is (x.2.2, x.2.1) = (v, ρ₂). The
synonym
is needed because the multiplication is not the componentwise one; the grouping puts the two
diagonal entries first in their pairs, so that the norm is visibly the pairing of x.1 against
x.2.
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- ConicAlgebra.TwistedMat k L = ((k × Module.Dual k L) × k × L)
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- ConicAlgebra.TwistedMat.instModule k L = { smul := ConicAlgebra.TwistedMat.instModule._aux_1 k L, mul_smul := ⋯, one_smul := ⋯, smul_zero := ⋯, smul_add := ⋯, add_smul := ⋯, zero_smul := ⋯ }
Two twisted matrices agree as soon as their four entries do.
Matrix multiplication of twisted matrices, GPR 22.12: the entries of L* and of L
multiply through the canonical pairing.
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The identity matrix.
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The norm #
n = ρ₁ρ₂ - ⟨u*, v⟩ is the pairing of the top row against the bottom row, once the
bottom row is
read in k ⊕ L and the top row in its dual. That is what makes it hyperbolic.
The identification k × L* ≃ (k ⊕ L)* sending (ρ, u*) to
(a, w) ↦ ρa - ⟨u*, w⟩. The sign
is what turns the norm below into the hyperbolic pairing.
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The linear equivalence presenting a twisted matrix as an element of (k ⊕ L)* ⊕ (k ⊕ L),
under which the norm becomes the hyperbolic form QuadraticForm.dualProd k (k × L).
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- ConicAlgebra.twistedMatDualProdEquiv k L = (ConicAlgebra.dualProdEquiv k L).prodCongr (LinearEquiv.refl k (k × L))
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The norm of a twisted matrix, GPR (22.12.1):
n = ρ₁ρ₂ - ⟨u*, v⟩, the determinant.
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- ConicAlgebra.twistedMatNorm k L = QuadraticMap.comp (QuadraticForm.dualProd k (k × L)) ↑(ConicAlgebra.twistedMatDualProdEquiv k L)
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GPR 22.12: the twisted matrices form a conic algebra, with norm
ρ₁ρ₂ - ⟨u*, v⟩ and
trace ρ₁ + ρ₂. No hypothesis on L at all, and none on 2.
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- ConicAlgebra.twistedMat k L = { norm := ConicAlgebra.twistedMatNorm k L, norm_one := ⋯, mul_self := ⋯ }
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The trace of a twisted matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries, GPR (22.12.2).
The conjugation exchanges the diagonal entries and negates the off-diagonal ones,
GPR (22.12.3).
Non-singularity, multiplicativity, and the composition algebra #
The norm of the twisted matrices is non-singular for L finitely generated projective: it
is the hyperbolic form of k ⊕ L. No rank hypothesis and no hypothesis on 2.
The norm of the twisted matrices permits composition exactly when L has the rank-one
pairing identity: expanding n(xy) and n(x)n(y) leaves precisely the difference
⟨u*, z⟩⟨w*, v⟩ - ⟨u*, v⟩⟨w*, z⟩.
The twisted matrices form a composition algebra, for L finitely generated projective with
the rank-one pairing identity — that is, for L a line bundle. This is the object of
GPR 22.12.
GPR 22.12. Twisted matrices attached to an invertible module form a composition
algebra. The required rank-one pairing identity follows from
Module.invertible_iff_isLocallyFreeRankOne.
GPR 22.13, the easy half: the algebra of L-twisted matrices is reduced. The matrix
unit e₁₁ of GPR (22.12.4) has norm 0 and trace 1, so it is an elementary idempotent and
GPR 22.9 applies: the norm is isotropic and the algebra contains a split quadratic étale
subalgebra. No hypothesis on L.
GPR 22.13: every reduced quaternion algebra is twisted matrices #
The lower-left Peirce component used as the twisting line bundle in GPR 22.13.
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The Peirce-coordinate map from twisted matrices to a reduced rank-four composition algebra.
The upper-right coordinate uses the negative polar duality, matching the convention
n([[a,φ],[v,b]]) = ab - φ(v) in GPR (22.12.1).
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The Peirce-coordinate map is bijective. This is the additive decomposition and the regular off-diagonal duality assembled into one map.
The linear equivalence underlying the converse half of GPR 22.13.
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- ConicAlgebra.IsElementaryIdempotent.twistedMatEquiv k hc hcomp hA = LinearEquiv.ofBijective (ConicAlgebra.IsElementaryIdempotent.twistedMatToPeirce k hc hcomp hA) ⋯
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The equivalence of GPR 22.13 preserves the norm.
The equivalence of GPR 22.13 is unital.
The equivalence of GPR 22.13 is multiplicative.
The lower-left Peirce component of a reduced rank-four composition algebra is a line bundle,
as required in GPR 22.13.
The norm isometry underlying the converse half of GPR 22.13.
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- ConicAlgebra.IsElementaryIdempotent.twistedMatIsometryEquiv k hc hcomp hA = { toLinearEquiv := ConicAlgebra.IsElementaryIdempotent.twistedMatEquiv k hc hcomp hA, map_app' := ⋯ }
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GPR 22.13, the converse half: a reduced composition algebra of constant rank four is
isomorphic to the twisted matrices attached to the line bundle C₂₁.
A twisted matrix algebra on a free line is split #
Coordinates from twisted matrices on a based line to ordinary two-by-two matrices.
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The coordinate equivalence from twisted matrices on a based line preserves the norm.
The coordinate equivalence from twisted matrices on a based line preserves the identity.
The coordinate equivalence from twisted matrices on a based line preserves multiplication.
The splitness assertion in GPR 22.13: twisted matrices on a free line are the split
quaternion algebra.