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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_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 (lying in the lowest universe). The assertion is that one can find: a commutative ring OnrO^{\mathrm{nr}}Onr which is a domain, a discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero, equipped with a Zp\mathbb{Z}_pZp​-algebra structure such that the ideal generated by the image of ppp in OnrO^{\mathrm{nr}}Onr is maximal and OnrO^{\mathrm{nr}}Onr is complete (and separated) for the adic topology of that ideal, together with a ring isomorphism eee from the residue field of OnrO^{\mathrm{nr}}Onr onto kkk; and, over it, a second commutative ring O′O'O′ which is again a domain, a discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero, carries an OnrO^{\mathrm{nr}}Onr-algebra structure, is complete for the adic topology of its maximal ideal, and contains an element ϖ′\varpi'ϖ′ of the maximal ideal with ϖ′2\varpi'^2ϖ′2 equal to the image of the natural number ppp under Onr→O′O^{\mathrm{nr}} \to O'Onr→O′; finally a surjective ring homomorphism φ′:O′→k\varphi' : O' \to kφ′:O′→k whose composite with the structure map Onr→O′O^{\mathrm{nr}} \to O'Onr→O′ equals the reduction map Onr→Onr/mO^{\mathrm{nr}} \to O^{\mathrm{nr}}/\mathfrak{m}Onr→Onr/m followed by eee.

This packages the ring of ppp-typical Witt vectors W(k)W(k)W(k) of an algebraically closed field of characteristic ppp, which is an absolutely unramified complete discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero with residue field kkk, together with the totally ramified quadratic extension W(k)[X]/(X2−p)W(k)[X]/(X^2-p)W(k)[X]/(X2−p) and its reduction map to kkk. It supplies the coefficient rings used by IsArtinianRing.exists_faithfullyFlat_isLocalHom_isAlgClosed_residueField_of_finite_residueField.

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_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)
      (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_and_sq_eq_of_isAlgClosed.lean

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