Convergence of the formal exponential #
The formal exponential Exp of a formal group law (the compositional inverse of the
logarithm Λ, ChabautyColeman.FormalGroupLaw.exp) converges on (pO)ⁿ when p is odd.
The classical estimate is v_p(coeff_d Exp) ≥ -(deg d - 1)/(p-1)
(ChabautyColeman.FormalGroupLaw.exp_bounded), proved by strong induction on deg d
through the recursion Exp = X - (Λ - X) ∘ Exp. The bookkeeping is organised around:
Dexp p n = (n-1)/(p-1), the denominator-exponent bound, with the elementary inequality(p-1) · v_p(M) ≤ M - 1and the partition inequalityDexp M + ∑ Dexp kᵢ ≤ Dexp (∑ kᵢ);ChabautyColeman.IntLevel f p x k, meaningf(p)^k · xis integral (in the image off), which is additive, multiplicative (adding the levels) and monotone ink.
In the induction step the product ∏ᵢ Expᵢ^{mᵢ} gains a slack Dexp (deg m) (partition
inequality) that exactly cancels the logarithm's 1/deg m denominator; (p-1) v_p(m) ≤ m-1
closes the estimate. Scaling by p^{deg d} and using deg d - Dexp(deg d) → ∞ (which needs
p ≥ 3) gives the integral, coefficient-decaying descent
ChabautyColeman.FormalGroupLaw.exp_converges.
Blueprint node: lem:exp-converge.
The compositional inverse satisfies the defining recursion E = X - (a - X) ∘ E.
The partition inequality: parts k i ≥ 1 summing to N over s.card parts satisfy
Dexp s.card + ∑ Dexp (k i) ≤ Dexp N. This absorbs the logarithm's 1/deg denominator into
the product slack.
For p ≥ 3, the gap n - Dexp p n → ∞ (this is where p odd enters).
p-integrality levels #
x : K is p-integral of level k (via f : O →+* K) if f(p)^k · x lies in the
image of f. It is monotone in k, additive, and multiplicative (adding levels).
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- ChabautyColeman.IntLevel f p x k = ∃ (c : O), f ↑p ^ k * x = f c
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The coefficients of the logarithm are Dexp-bounded: f(p)^{Dexp(deg m)} · coeff_m Λ
is integral. This relaxes coeff_log_map_padic (denominator p^{v_p(deg m)}) via
v_p(deg m) ≤ Dexp(deg m).
The exponential coefficient bound: f(p)^{Dexp(deg d)} · coeff_d Exp is integral,
i.e. v_p(coeff_d Exp) ≥ -(deg d - 1)/(p-1). Proved by strong induction on deg d through
the recursion Exp = X - (Λ - X) ∘ Exp; the product slack Dexp(deg m) cancels the
logarithm's 1/deg m, and (p-1)·v_p(m) ≤ m - 1 closes the step.
Convergence of the exponential on (pO)ⁿ (p odd). After scaling the variables by
p, the exponential of the base change f_*Φ descends to H ∈ O⟦U⟧ whose base change is the
p-scaled exponential (f (coeff_d H) = f(p)^{deg d} · coeff_d Exp) and whose coefficients
tend to 0. Here p ≥ 3 is essential: deg d - Dexp(deg d) → ∞ needs p - 1 ≥ 2.