Formal zeta identity under a constant extension #
Let N r be the point count over the degree-r extension of the original
constant field. If all nonzero counts occur in degrees divisible by d,
and the point counts after the degree-d constant extension satisfy
N_extended r = N (d * r),
then the exponential point-count zeta series satisfy
Z_extended(T^d) = Z(T)^d.
The proof does not assume this identity. It reindexes the logarithmic derivative series and then applies the already proved uniqueness theorem for normalized formal differential equations.
Reindexing the point-count derivative series under a degree-d
constant extension. Only positive indices occur in this series, so the
count and support hypotheses are correspondingly restricted to positive
integers.
Multiplying every point count by d multiplies its derivative series by
the constant series d.
The exponential point-count zeta series is normalized at T = 0.
The formal constant-extension zeta identity, with hypotheses restricted to the positive indices that actually occur in the zeta series.
The formal constant-extension zeta identity from all-index count and degree-support relations. This is the convenient downstream form.