/- Copyright (c) 2020 Markus Himmel. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Markus Himmel, Scott Morrison -/ import ring_theory.ideal.quotient import ring_theory.principal_ideal_domain /-! # Invariant basis number property We say that a ring `R` satisfies the invariant basis number property if there is a well-defined notion of the rank of a finitely generated free (left) `R`-module. Since a finitely generated free module with a basis consisting of `n` elements is linearly equivalent to `fin n → R`, it is sufficient that `(fin n → R) ≃ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` implies `n = m`. It is also useful to consider two stronger conditions, namely the rank condition, that a surjective linear map `(fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` implies `m ≤ n` and the strong rank condition, that an injective linear map `(fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` implies `n ≤ m`. The strong rank condition implies the rank condition, and the rank condition implies the invariant basis number property. ## Main definitions `strong_rank_condition R` is a type class stating that `R` satisfies the strong rank condition. `rank_condition R` is a type class stating that `R` satisfies the rank condition. `invariant_basis_number R` is a type class stating that `R` has the invariant basis number property. ## Main results We show that every nontrivial left-noetherian ring satisfies the strong rank condition, (and so in particular every division ring or field), and then use this to show every nontrivial commutative ring has the invariant basis number property. More generally, every commutative ring satisfies the strong rank condition. This is proved in `linear_algebra/free_module/strong_rank_condition`. We keep `invariant_basis_number_of_nontrivial_of_comm_ring` here since it imports fewer files. ## Future work So far, there is no API at all for the `invariant_basis_number` class. There are several natural ways to formulate that a module `M` is finitely generated and free, for example `M ≃ₗ[R] (fin n → R)`, `M ≃ₗ[R] (ι → R)`, where `ι` is a fintype, or providing a basis indexed by a finite type. There should be lemmas applying the invariant basis number property to each situation. The finite version of the invariant basis number property implies the infinite analogue, i.e., that `(ι →₀ R) ≃ₗ[R] (ι' →₀ R)` implies that `cardinal.mk ι = cardinal.mk ι'`. This fact (and its variants) should be formalized. ## References * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant_basis_number * https://mathoverflow.net/a/2574/ ## Tags free module, rank, invariant basis number, IBN -/ noncomputable theory open_locale classical big_operators open function universes u v w section variables (R : Type u) [semiring R] /-- We say that `R` satisfies the strong rank condition if `(fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` injective implies `n ≤ m`. -/ @[mk_iff] class strong_rank_condition : Prop := (le_of_fin_injective : ∀ {n m : ℕ} (f : (fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)), injective f → n ≤ m) lemma le_of_fin_injective [strong_rank_condition R] {n m : ℕ} (f : (fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)) : injective f → n ≤ m := strong_rank_condition.le_of_fin_injective f /-- A ring satisfies the strong rank condition if and only if, for all `n : ℕ`, any linear map `(fin (n + 1) → R) →ₗ[R] (fin n → R)` is not injective. -/ lemma strong_rank_condition_iff_succ : strong_rank_condition R ↔ ∀ (n : ℕ) (f : (fin (n + 1) → R) →ₗ[R] (fin n → R)), ¬function.injective f := begin refine ⟨λ h n, λ f hf, _, λ h, ⟨λ n m f hf, _⟩⟩, { letI : strong_rank_condition R := h, exact nat.not_succ_le_self n (le_of_fin_injective R f hf) }, { by_contra H, exact h m (f.comp (function.extend_by_zero.linear_map R (fin.cast_le (not_le.1 H)))) (hf.comp (function.extend_injective (rel_embedding.injective _) 0)) } end lemma card_le_of_injective [strong_rank_condition R] {α β : Type*} [fintype α] [fintype β] (f : (α → R) →ₗ[R] (β → R)) (i : injective f) : fintype.card α ≤ fintype.card β := begin let P := linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin α), let Q := linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin β), exact le_of_fin_injective R ((Q.symm.to_linear_map.comp f).comp P.to_linear_map) (((linear_equiv.symm Q).injective.comp i).comp (linear_equiv.injective P)), end lemma card_le_of_injective' [strong_rank_condition R] {α β : Type*} [fintype α] [fintype β] (f : (α →₀ R) →ₗ[R] (β →₀ R)) (i : injective f) : fintype.card α ≤ fintype.card β := begin let P := (finsupp.linear_equiv_fun_on_fintype R R β), let Q := (finsupp.linear_equiv_fun_on_fintype R R α).symm, exact card_le_of_injective R ((P.to_linear_map.comp f).comp Q.to_linear_map) ((P.injective.comp i).comp Q.injective) end /-- We say that `R` satisfies the rank condition if `(fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` surjective implies `m ≤ n`. -/ class rank_condition : Prop := (le_of_fin_surjective : ∀ {n m : ℕ} (f : (fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)), surjective f → m ≤ n) lemma le_of_fin_surjective [rank_condition R] {n m : ℕ} (f : (fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)) : surjective f → m ≤ n := rank_condition.le_of_fin_surjective f lemma card_le_of_surjective [rank_condition R] {α β : Type*} [fintype α] [fintype β] (f : (α → R) →ₗ[R] (β → R)) (i : surjective f) : fintype.card β ≤ fintype.card α := begin let P := linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin α), let Q := linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin β), exact le_of_fin_surjective R ((Q.symm.to_linear_map.comp f).comp P.to_linear_map) (((linear_equiv.symm Q).surjective.comp i).comp (linear_equiv.surjective P)), end lemma card_le_of_surjective' [rank_condition R] {α β : Type*} [fintype α] [fintype β] (f : (α →₀ R) →ₗ[R] (β →₀ R)) (i : surjective f) : fintype.card β ≤ fintype.card α := begin let P := (finsupp.linear_equiv_fun_on_fintype R R β), let Q := (finsupp.linear_equiv_fun_on_fintype R R α).symm, exact card_le_of_surjective R ((P.to_linear_map.comp f).comp Q.to_linear_map) ((P.surjective.comp i).comp Q.surjective) end /-- By the universal property for free modules, any surjective map `(fin n → R) →ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` has an injective splitting `(fin m → R) →ₗ[R] (fin n → R)` from which the strong rank condition gives the necessary inequality for the rank condition. -/ @[priority 100] instance rank_condition_of_strong_rank_condition [strong_rank_condition R] : rank_condition R := { le_of_fin_surjective := λ n m f s, le_of_fin_injective R _ (f.splitting_of_fun_on_fintype_surjective_injective s), } /-- We say that `R` has the invariant basis number property if `(fin n → R) ≃ₗ[R] (fin m → R)` implies `n = m`. This gives rise to a well-defined notion of rank of a finitely generated free module. -/ class invariant_basis_number : Prop := (eq_of_fin_equiv : ∀ {n m : ℕ}, ((fin n → R) ≃ₗ[R] (fin m → R)) → n = m) @[priority 100] instance invariant_basis_number_of_rank_condition [rank_condition R] : invariant_basis_number R := { eq_of_fin_equiv := λ n m e, le_antisymm (le_of_fin_surjective R e.symm.to_linear_map e.symm.surjective) (le_of_fin_surjective R e.to_linear_map e.surjective) } end section variables (R : Type u) [semiring R] [invariant_basis_number R] lemma eq_of_fin_equiv {n m : ℕ} : ((fin n → R) ≃ₗ[R] (fin m → R)) → n = m := invariant_basis_number.eq_of_fin_equiv lemma card_eq_of_lequiv {α β : Type*} [fintype α] [fintype β] (f : (α → R) ≃ₗ[R] (β → R)) : fintype.card α = fintype.card β := eq_of_fin_equiv R (((linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin α)).trans f) ≪≫ₗ ((linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R (fintype.equiv_fin β)).symm)) lemma nontrivial_of_invariant_basis_number : nontrivial R := begin by_contra h, refine zero_ne_one (eq_of_fin_equiv R _), haveI := not_nontrivial_iff_subsingleton.1 h, haveI : subsingleton (fin 1 → R) := ⟨λ a b, funext $ λ x, subsingleton.elim _ _⟩, refine { .. }; { intros, exact 0 } <|> tidy end end section variables (R : Type u) [ring R] [nontrivial R] [is_noetherian_ring R] /-- Any nontrivial noetherian ring satisfies the strong rank condition. An injective map `((fin n ⊕ fin (1 + m)) → R) →ₗ[R] (fin n → R)` for some left-noetherian `R` would force `fin (1 + m) → R ≃ₗ punit` (via `is_noetherian.equiv_punit_of_prod_injective`), which is not the case! -/ -- Note this includes fields, -- and we use this below to show any commutative ring has invariant basis number. @[priority 100] instance noetherian_ring_strong_rank_condition : strong_rank_condition R := begin fsplit, intros m n f i, by_contradiction h, rw [not_le, ←nat.add_one_le_iff, le_iff_exists_add] at h, obtain ⟨m, rfl⟩ := h, let e : fin (n + 1 + m) ≃ fin n ⊕ fin (1 + m) := (fin_congr (add_assoc _ _ _)).trans fin_sum_fin_equiv.symm, let f' := f.comp ((linear_equiv.sum_arrow_lequiv_prod_arrow _ _ R R).symm.trans (linear_equiv.fun_congr_left R R e)).to_linear_map, have i' : injective f' := i.comp (linear_equiv.injective _), apply @zero_ne_one (fin (1 + m) → R) _ _, apply (is_noetherian.equiv_punit_of_prod_injective f' i').injective, ext, end end /-! We want to show that nontrivial commutative rings have invariant basis number. The idea is to take a maximal ideal `I` of `R` and use an isomorphism `R^n ≃ R^m` of `R` modules to produce an isomorphism `(R/I)^n ≃ (R/I)^m` of `R/I`-modules, which will imply `n = m` since `R/I` is a field and we know that fields have invariant basis number. We construct the isomorphism in two steps: 1. We construct the ring `R^n/I^n`, show that it is an `R/I`-module and show that there is an isomorphism of `R/I`-modules `R^n/I^n ≃ (R/I)^n`. This isomorphism is called `ideal.pi_quot_equiv` and is located in the file `ring_theory/ideals.lean`. 2. We construct an isomorphism of `R/I`-modules `R^n/I^n ≃ R^m/I^m` using the isomorphism `R^n ≃ R^m`. -/ section variables {R : Type u} [comm_ring R] (I : ideal R) {ι : Type v} [fintype ι] {ι' : Type w} /-- An `R`-linear map `R^n → R^m` induces a function `R^n/I^n → R^m/I^m`. -/ private def induced_map (I : ideal R) (e : (ι → R) →ₗ[R] (ι' → R)) : (ι → R) ⧸ (I.pi ι) → (ι' → R) ⧸ I.pi ι' := λ x, quotient.lift_on' x (λ y, ideal.quotient.mk _ (e y)) begin refine λ a b hab, ideal.quotient.eq.2 (λ h, _), rw submodule.quotient_rel_r_def at hab, rw ←linear_map.map_sub, exact ideal.map_pi _ _ hab e h, end /-- An isomorphism of `R`-modules `R^n ≃ R^m` induces an isomorphism of `R/I`-modules `R^n/I^n ≃ R^m/I^m`. -/ private def induced_equiv [fintype ι'] (I : ideal R) (e : (ι → R) ≃ₗ[R] (ι' → R)) : ((ι → R) ⧸ I.pi ι) ≃ₗ[R ⧸ I] (ι' → R) ⧸ I.pi ι' := begin refine { to_fun := induced_map I e, inv_fun := induced_map I e.symm, .. }, all_goals { rintro ⟨a⟩ ⟨b⟩ <|> rintro ⟨a⟩, change ideal.quotient.mk _ _ = ideal.quotient.mk _ _, congr, simp } end end section local attribute [instance] ideal.quotient.field /-- Nontrivial commutative rings have the invariant basis number property. In fact, any nontrivial commutative ring satisfies the strong rank condition, see `comm_ring_strong_rank_condition`. We prove this instance separately to avoid dependency on `linear_algebra.charpoly.basic`. -/ @[priority 100] instance invariant_basis_number_of_nontrivial_of_comm_ring {R : Type u} [comm_ring R] [nontrivial R] : invariant_basis_number R := ⟨λ n m e, let ⟨I, hI⟩ := ideal.exists_maximal R in by exactI eq_of_fin_equiv (R ⧸ I) ((ideal.pi_quot_equiv _ _).symm ≪≫ₗ ((induced_equiv _ e) ≪≫ₗ (ideal.pi_quot_equiv _ _)))⟩ end