Compatible powers of a common primitive root #
Represent several torsion elements as powers of one primitive root under the required order divisibility conditions.
theorem
BGS.Markoff.exists_common_primitiveRoot_powers_of_orderOf_dvd
{K : Type u_1}
[Field K]
[IsAlgClosed K]
[CharZero K]
(n : ℕ)
[NeZero n]
(w₁ w₂ w₃ : Kˣ)
(hw₁ : orderOf w₁ ∣ n)
(hw₂ : orderOf w₂ ∣ n)
(hw₃ : orderOf w₃ ∣ n)
:
Three units whose exact orders divide n are simultaneous powers of one primitive
n-th root. This is the group-theoretic core of the compatible cyclotomic lift.