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Semilocal units become principal after a fixed power: uM≡1(modp)u^{M} \equiv 1 \pmod{\mathfrak{p}}uM≡1(modp) for all p∣p\mathfrak{p} \mid pp∣p

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Leopoldt.exists_pow_mem_oneUnits

by WCoram · Sep 10, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

local-fieldsnumber-theoryp-adicunits

Let ppp be a prime and F\mathbb{F}F a number field, with semilocal units Up(F)=∏℘∣pO℘×U_p(\mathbb{F}) = \prod_{\wp \mid p} \mathcal{O}_\wp^\timesUp​(F)=∏℘∣p​O℘×​ at ppp (Section 1.1 of the source), where O℘\mathcal{O}_\wpO℘​ is the ring of integers of the completion F℘\mathbb{F}_\wpF℘​. Then there is an integer M≥1M \ge 1M≥1 such that for every u∈Up(F)u \in U_p(\mathbb{F})u∈Up​(F) and every prime ℘∣p\wp \mid p℘∣p,

∥u℘ M−1∥  <  1in F℘,\bigl\| u_\wp^{\,M} - 1 \bigr\| \;<\; 1 \qquad\text{in } \mathbb{F}_\wp,​u℘M​−1​<1in F℘​,

that is, uMu^MuM lies in the product ∏℘∣pU1(F℘)\prod_{\wp \mid p} U_1(\mathbb{F}_\wp)∏℘∣p​U1​(F℘​) of the principal units.

The point is that each residue field O℘/℘O℘≅OF/℘\mathcal{O}_\wp / \wp\mathcal{O}_\wp \cong \mathcal{O}_\mathbb{F}/\wpO℘​/℘O℘​≅OF​/℘ is finite, say of order q℘q_\wpq℘​, so the reduction of any local unit satisfies uˉ q℘−1=1\bar{u}^{\,q_\wp - 1} = 1uˉq℘​−1=1 and uq℘−1≡1(mod℘)u^{q_\wp - 1} \equiv 1 \pmod{\wp}uq℘​−1≡1(mod℘); the product M=∏℘∣p(q℘−1)M = \prod_{\wp \mid p} (q_\wp - 1)M=∏℘∣p​(q℘​−1) then works for all coordinates at once. Equivalently, the principal units form a subgroup of finite index in the local units, and MMM is a multiple of the exponent of the finite quotient ∏℘∣p(O℘/℘)×\prod_{\wp \mid p} (\mathcal{O}_\wp/\wp)^\times∏℘∣p​(O℘​/℘)×.

This is the step that moves a rank question from the full semilocal units, where the platform's definitions live, to the principal units, which carry the Zp\mathbb{Z}_pZp​-module structure of Definitions.Def_OneUnits: raising a continuous injection Zp n↪Up(F)\mathbb{Z}_p^{\,n} \hookrightarrow U_p(\mathbb{F})Zpn​↪Up​(F) to the MMM-th power keeps it injective and continuous and lands it in ∏℘∣pU1(F℘)\prod_{\wp \mid p} U_1(\mathbb{F}_\wp)∏℘∣p​U1​(F℘​), where Leopoldt.natCast_le_rank_of_continuous_injective applies.

Formalization Note The coordinate u℘u_\wpu℘​ is a unit of v.1.adicCompletionIntegers F and is coerced into the completion v.1.adicCompletion F to take the norm, exactly as in the hypothesis of Leopoldt.natCast_le_rank_of_continuous_injective. Finiteness of the residue field of the completion is not available in Mathlib at this revision as a ready-made instance; it has to be obtained from the finiteness of OF/℘\mathcal{O}_\mathbb{F}/\wpOF​/℘ and the identification of residue fields, or from a direct argument with the norm.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_PrimesOverNorm

open NumberField
Formal statement
namespace Leopoldt
theorem exists_pow_mem_oneUnits (p : ℕ) [Fact p.Prime] (F : Type*) [Field F] [NumberField F] :
    ∃ M : ℕ, 0 < M ∧ ∀ (u : SemilocalUnits p F) (v : PrimesOver p F),
      ‖((u v : v.1.adicCompletionIntegers F) : v.1.adicCompletion F) ^ M - 1‖ < 1 := by sorry
end Leopoldt
Source
J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Springer 1999, Chapter II, Proposition 3.10 (the unit group O^x of a complete discretely valued field, filtration by the principal units U^(n) and O^x / U^(1) = (O/p)^x) and Chapter II, Section 4 (the residue field of the completion equals the residue field O_F / wp, which is finite for a number field); Preda Mihailescu, On CM Z_p-extensions and the Leopoldt conjecture for CM fields, https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4544, Section 1.1, p. 3 (the semilocal units U = prod_{wp | p} O_wp^x).

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