diff --git a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.pdf b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.pdf index 7ddf5f9..8714715 100644 Binary files a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.pdf and b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.pdf differ diff --git a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.tex b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.tex index e6fbd7c..0a50d12 100644 --- a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.tex +++ b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav.tex @@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ Christian Merten (\href{mailto:cmerten@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de}{cmerten@mathi.un \input{rav21.tex} \input{rav19.tex} \input{rav20.tex} +\input{rav22.tex} \end{document} diff --git a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.pdf b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcbe255 Binary files /dev/null and b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.pdf differ diff --git a/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.tex b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bc545f --- /dev/null +++ b/ws2022/rav/lecture/rav22.tex @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +\documentclass{lecture} + +\begin{document} + +\section{The real Nullstellensatz} + +When $k$ is algebraically closed, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz implies +$\mathcal{I}(\mathcal{V}_{k^{n}}(I)) = \sqrt{I}$ for all ideal +$I \subseteq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$. In this section we try to compute +$\mathcal{I}(\mathcal{V}_{k^{n}}(I))$ when $k$ is a real-closed field. + +\begin{definition}[] + Let $(k, \le)$ be an ordered field and let $A$ be a commutative $k$-algebra with unit. + An ideal $I \subseteq A$ is called a \emph{real ideal} if it satisfies the following condition: If + $\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_r > 0$ in $k$ and $a_1, \ldots, a_r \in A$ satisfy + \[ + \sum_{j=1}^{r} \lambda_j a_j^2 \in I + ,\] then $a_j \in I$ for all $j$. + $A$ is a \emph{real algebra} if the zero ideal in $A$ is + a real ideal. +\end{definition} + +\begin{satz} + Let $(k, \le)$ be an ordered field and let $Z \subseteq k^{n}$ be a subset. Then the ideal + $\mathcal{I}(Z)$ is a real ideal. +\end{satz} + +\begin{proof} + If $Z = \emptyset$, then $\mathcal{I}(Z) = \mathcal{I}(\emptyset) = k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ is + a real ideal. Now assume $Z \neq \emptyset$. In this case, if $P_1, \ldots, P_r \in k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ + and $\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_r > 0$ in $k$ are such that + $\sum_{j=1}^{r} \lambda_j P_j^2 \in \mathcal{I}(Z)$, then + for all $x \in Z$, $\sum_{j=1}^{r} \lambda_j P_j^2(x) = 0$ in $k$. Since + $k$ is an ordered field and $\lambda_j > 0$ for all $j$, this implies + that for all $j$, $P_j(x) = 0$, i.e. $P_j \in \mathcal{I}(Z)$. +\end{proof} + +Recall that if $k$ is an arbitrary field and $I \subsetneq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ is a proper ideal, +then finding a common zero $x \in L^{n}$ to all polynomials $P \in I$ for some extension $L$ of $k$ +is equivalent to finding a homomorphism of $k$-algebras +\[ +\varphi\colon k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]/I \longrightarrow L +.\] Indeed, the correspondence is obtained by sending such a $\varphi$ +to $x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n)$ where $x_i = \varphi(T_i \text{ mod } I)$. The basic +result should be about giving sufficient conditions for such homomorphisms to exist. + +\begin{theorem}[Real Nullstellensatz I] + Let $(k, \le )$ be an ordered field and let $k^{(r)}$ be the real closure of $k$. Let + $I \subseteq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ be a real ideal. Then there exists a homomorphism + of $k$-algebras + \[ + k[T_1, \ldots, T_n] / I \longrightarrow k^{(r)} + .\] In particular, if $I \subsetneq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ is a proper real ideal, then + $\mathcal{V}_{k^{r}}(I) \neq \emptyset$. + \label{thm:real-nullstellensatz} +\end{theorem} + +Let $(k, \le)$ be an ordered field. For the proof of \ref{thm:real-nullstellensatz}, we need +two lemmata: + +\begin{lemma} + Let $I \subseteq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ be a real ideal. Then $\sqrt{I} = I$. Moreover, + if $\mathfrak{p} \supset I$ is a minimal prime ideal containing $I$, then + $\mathfrak{p}$ is real. +\end{lemma} + +\begin{lemma} + Let $\mathfrak{p} \subseteq k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]$ be a prime ideal. Then the fraction field + \[ + K \coloneqq \operatorname{Frac}\left( k[T_1, \ldots, T_n]/\mathfrak{p} \right) + \] is a real field if and only if the prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}$ is real. In that case + $K$ can be ordered in a way that extends the order of $k$. +\end{lemma} + +\end{document}