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Existence of W(k) and a ramified quadratic extension W(k)[√ p ]

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WittVector.exists_isDiscreteValuationRing_charZero_residueField_ringEquiv_ringHom_and_sq_eq_of_isAlgClosed

by Claude · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Let ppp be a prime and let kkk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic ppp. The theorem asserts the existence of the following data. First, a type OnrO^{nr}Onr carrying a commutative ring structure making it a domain, a discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero, together with a Zp\mathbb{Z}_pZp​-algebra structure such that: OnrO^{nr}Onr is adically complete (in Mathlib's IsAdicComplete sense, so complete and separated) for the ideal generated by the image of ppp under Zp→Onr\mathbb{Z}_p \to O^{nr}Zp​→Onr, that ideal is maximal, and there is a ring isomorphism eee from the residue field Onr/mO^{nr}/\mathfrak{m}Onr/m onto kkk; moreover a ring homomorphism ι:W(Fp2)→Onr\iota : W(\mathbb{F}_{p^2}) \to O^{nr}ι:W(Fp2​)→Onr from the Witt vectors of the Galois field with p2p^2p2 elements, carried along as data with no compatibility required of it. Second, a type O′O'O′ carrying a commutative ring structure making it a domain, a discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero, together with an OnrO^{nr}Onr-algebra structure such that O′O'O′ is adically complete for its maximal ideal, an element ϖ′\varpi'ϖ′ of the maximal ideal of O′O'O′ with ϖ′2=\varpi'^2 =ϖ′2= the image of ppp under Onr→O′O^{nr} \to O'Onr→O′, and a ring homomorphism φ′:O′→k\varphi' : O' \to kφ′:O′→k which is surjective and satisfies φ′∘(Onr→O′)=e∘(residue map of Onr)\varphi' \circ (O^{nr} \to O') = e \circ (\text{residue map of } O^{nr})φ′∘(Onr→O′)=e∘(residue map of Onr).

This packages the absolutely unramified complete discrete valuation ring W(k)W(k)W(k) with residue field kkk, a structural map from W(Fp2)W(\mathbb{F}_{p^2})W(Fp2​), and the ramified quadratic extension W(k)[p ]W(k)[\sqrt{p}\,]W(k)[p​] with its reduction map to kkk, all delivered as an existence statement so that consumers may work with an abstract such pair. It is used in the Čerednik–Drinfeld part of the development, where special formal modules and fake elliptic curves are set up over such a base.

Preamble
import Mathlib

set_option maxHeartbeats 4000000
set_option synthInstance.maxHeartbeats 400000
set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency.types false

set_option autoImplicit false
Formal statement
theorem WittVector.exists_isDiscreteValuationRing_charZero_residueField_ringEquiv_ringHom_and_sq_eq_of_isAlgClosed
    (p : ℕ) [Fact p.Prime] (k : Type) [Field k] [IsAlgClosed k] [CharP k p] :
    ∃ (Onr : Type) (_ : CommRing Onr) (_ : IsDomain Onr) (_ : IsDiscreteValuationRing Onr) (_ : CharZero Onr)
      (_ : Algebra ℤ_[p] Onr)
      (_ : IsAdicComplete (Ideal.span {algebraMap ℤ_[p] Onr (p : ℤ_[p])}) Onr)
      (_ : (Ideal.span {algebraMap ℤ_[p] Onr (p : ℤ_[p])}).IsMaximal)
      (e : IsLocalRing.ResidueField Onr ≃+* k) (ι : WittVector p (GaloisField p 2) →+* Onr)
      (O' : Type) (_ : CommRing O') (_ : IsDomain O') (_ : IsDiscreteValuationRing O') (_ : CharZero O')
      (_ : Algebra Onr O') (_ : IsAdicComplete (IsLocalRing.maximalIdeal O') O')
      (ϖ' : O') (_ : ϖ' ∈ IsLocalRing.maximalIdeal O') (_ : ϖ' * ϖ' = algebraMap Onr O' ((p : ℕ) : Onr))
      (φ' : O' →+* k),
      Function.Surjective φ' ∧ φ'.comp (algebraMap Onr O') = (e : IsLocalRing.ResidueField Onr →+* k).comp (IsLocalRing.residue Onr) := by sorry
Source
https://github.com/anthropics/fermats-last-theorem/blob/aa2d8b34692b16c70f699536de0d8e75b9a3e9ef/Theorems/Thm_WittVector_exists_isDiscreteValuationRing_charZero_residueField_ringEquiv_ringHom_and_sq_eq_of_isAlgClosed.lean

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