The translated truncations of a term u · q(b_𝓑) satisfy (p) #
Let q ∈ K[X] be homogeneous of degree c, evaluated at principal-series representatives, and let
u be a series
of ordinal value below ω^(b+1) whose translated truncations at cutoffs ζ < 0 have ordinal
value below ω^b (for instance a principal series of degree b), with b ⊕ c < α. The
separation condition (n) for (b, c, τ) — b ⊕ θ < τ for every θ < c — gives, for every
cutoff ζ ≤ 0, that pol((u q(b_𝓑))^{|ζ})_{≥τ} lies in the ideal (q): the translated
truncations of u · q(b_𝓑) satisfy the condition (p) for (q; τ). By the convolution formula,
read in polynomials [Ber00, Lem. 7.5],
pol((u q(b_𝓑))^{|ζ}) = pol(u^{|ζ}) · q + ∑ pol(u^{|β}) pol(q(b_𝓑)^{|ζ - β}), the first term lies
in (q) and every other term has as a factor the polynomial of a translated truncation of
q(b_𝓑) at a cutoff < 0, hence has degree below τ.
High-degree components of translated truncations of a polynomial multiple. Under the
displayed ordinal-value and Hessenberg-sum bounds, the components of degree at least τ of
pol((u * q(b_𝓑))^{|ζ}) lie in the principal ideal generated by q.