Torsion eigenvalue traces force the complex Markoff origin #
This is the characteristic-zero contradiction at the heart of the opening. Once each coordinate of a complex normalized Markoff point is represented by a torsion eigenvalue and its reciprocal, the unit-circle defect argument forces all three coordinates to vanish.
A finite-order complex unit has norm one.
theorem
BGS.Markoff.complex_normalizedMarkoff_eq_origin_of_torsion_traces
(x : NormalizedPoint ℂ)
(hx : IsNormalizedMarkoff x)
(h₁ : ∃ (w₁ : ℂˣ), IsOfFinOrder w₁ ∧ x.u1 = splitTorusTrace w₁)
(h₂ : ∃ (w₂ : ℂˣ), IsOfFinOrder w₂ ∧ x.u2 = splitTorusTrace w₂)
(h₃ : ∃ (w₃ : ℂˣ), IsOfFinOrder w₃ ∧ x.u3 = splitTorusTrace w₃)
:
A complex normalized Markoff point whose three coordinates are reciprocal traces of torsion eigenvalues is the origin.