Punctured finite-field transitivity and reduction surjectivity #
The Markoff equation defines a functor on commutative semirings. This file identifies the finite-field transitivity statement used by the dynamical proof with the source-faithful arithmetic statement that reduction from natural-number Markoff solutions is surjective.
Reduction from natural-number solutions, viewed in the existing ring-level surface.
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Every word in the finite-field Markoff group has a word in the natural Markoff group whose action commutes with reduction.
Every word in the natural Markoff group reduces to a word in the finite-field Markoff group.
Natural Markoff connectivity descends to finite-field Markoff connectivity.
Finite-field transitivity implies surjectivity of reduction from natural-number solutions.
Surjectivity of natural-number reduction implies finite-field transitivity. The classical connectivity of nonzero natural Markoff solutions is the essential input in this direction.
The source-faithful reduction statement is equivalent to the finite-field transitivity statement used by the BGS dynamical proof.
For prime moduli, punctured finite-field transitivity is equivalent to strong approximation. Natural Markoff connectivity is the essential input from right to left.