Exercise 11.16

Let F be a field with q elements and F s an extension of degree s . If χ is a character of F , let χ = χ N F s F . Show that

(a)
χ is a character of F s .
(b)
χ ρ implies that χ ρ .
(c)
χ m = 𝜀 implies that χ m = 𝜀 .
(d)
χ ( a ) = χ ( a ) s for a F .
(e)
As χ varies over all characters of F with order dividing m , χ varies over all characters of F s with order dividing m . Here we are assuming that q 1 ( mod m ) .

Answers

Proof. (a) If α , β F s , we know that N F s F ( αβ ) = N F s F ( α ) N F s F ( β ) (Proposition 11.2.2). Therefore

χ ( αβ ) = χ ( N F s F ( αβ ) ) = χ ( N F s F ( α ) N F s F ( β ) ) = χ ( N F s F ( α ) ) χ ( N F s F ( β ) ) = χ ( α ) χ ( β ) .

This shows that χ is a character. (b) Assume that χ = ρ . Then for all α K , χ ( N F s F ( α ) ) = ρ ( N F s F ( α ) ) . By Proposition 11.2.2 (d), the map

φ { K F α N K F ( α )

is surjective. Let a be any element of F . Since φ is surjective, there is some α F s such that φ ( α ) = a . Then χ ( a ) = χ ( N F s F ( α ) ) = ρ ( N F s F ( α ) ) = ρ ( a ) . Since this is true for every a F , and χ ( 0 ) = 0 = ρ ( 0 ) , this shows that χ = ρ .

To conclude, χ = ρ implies χ = ρ , thus χ ρ implies χ ρ . (c) If χ m = 𝜀 , then for all α K , ( χ ) m ( α ) = χ m ( N F s F ( α ) ) = 1 , thus χ m = 𝜀 . (d) If a F , by Proposition 11.2.2(c), N F s F ( a ) = a s , therefore

χ ( a ) = χ ( N K F ( a ) ) = χ ( a s ) = χ ( a ) s .

(e) Assume that q 1 ( mod m ) . Write C the group of character on F , C the group of characters on F s , C m the group of character on F with order dividing m , and C m the group of character on F s with order dividing m . By the generalization of Proposition 8.1.3, C is a cyclic group of order q 1 , and C a cyclic group of order q s 1 .

We know that if m q 1 = | C | , the subgroup C m = { χ C χ m = 𝜀 } of the cyclic group C is cyclic of order m . Since m q 1 q s 1 , it is the same for C m :

| C m | = | C m | = m .

Let ψ be the map

ψ { C m C m χ χ = χ N F s F .

Part (b) shows that ψ is injective, and | C m | = | C m | = m , therefore ψ is bijective. In other words, as χ varies over all characters of F with order dividing m , χ varies over all characters of F s with order dividing m . □

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