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Descent of Liouville form through an algebraic step

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LiouvilleDiffAlg.liouvilleForm_descent_algebraic

by vebis · Oct 1, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

differential-algebrasymbolic-integration

Let GGG be a field of characteristic zero with a derivation DDD, let F⊆GF\subseteq GF⊆G be a subfield, and let KKK be an intermediate field with D(K)⊆KD(K)\subseteq KD(K)⊆K and Con⁡(G)⊆K\operatorname{Con}(G)\subseteq KCon(G)⊆K. Let t∈Gt\in Gt∈G be algebraic over KKK and put L=K(t)L=K(t)L=K(t). Let h∈Kh\in Kh∈K. If hhh has Liouville form in LLL, that is,

h=∑j=1ncjDujuj+Dvwith cj∈Con⁡(G), uj∈L×, v∈L,h=\sum_{j=1}^n c_j\frac{Du_j}{u_j}+Dv\qquad\text{with } c_j\in\operatorname{Con}(G),\ u_j\in L^{\times},\ v\in L,h=j=1∑n​cj​uj​Duj​​+Dvwith cj​∈Con(G), uj​∈L×, v∈L,

then hhh has Liouville form in KKK (with the same kind of data cj∈Con⁡(G)c_j\in\operatorname{Con}(G)cj​∈Con(G), uj∈K×u_j\in K^{\times}uj​∈K×, v∈Kv\in Kv∈K).

This is the algebraic case of the descent step in the standard induction proving Liouville's theorem on elementary antiderivatives. Mathlib contains the corresponding statement for finite-dimensional extensions of differential fields as isLiouville_of_finiteDimensional.

Formalization Note Here GGG is only assumed to carry a derivation and to have characteristic zero; the hypotheses hK, hconst and hh state D(K)⊆KD(K)\subseteq KD(K)⊆K, Con⁡(G)⊆K\operatorname{Con}(G)\subseteq KCon(G)⊆K and h∈Kh\in Kh∈K.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_LiouvilleDiffAlg_Basic
import Definitions.Def_LiouvilleDiffAlg_Form

open scoped Differential
Formal statement
namespace LiouvilleDiffAlg

theorem liouvilleForm_descent_algebraic {F G : Type*} [Field F] [Field G] [Differential G]
    [Algebra F G] [CharZero G] (K : IntermediateField F G) (hK : ∀ x ∈ K, x′ ∈ K)
    (hconst : constants G ⊆ (K : Set G)) {t : G} (ht : IsAlgebraic K t) {h : G} (hh : h ∈ K)
    (hL : LiouvilleFormIn (IntermediateField.adjoin F (insert t (K : Set G)) : Set G) h) :
    LiouvilleFormIn (K : Set G) h := by sorry

end LiouvilleDiffAlg
Source
Wikipedia, "Liouville's theorem (differential algebra)", revision oldid=1349223559, section "Basic theorem"; proof: Geddes–Czapor–Labahn, Algorithms for Computer Algebra (Kluwer, 1992), §12.4; Rosenlicht, Integration in finite terms, Amer. Math. Monthly 79 (1972), 963–972

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