§8: the finite Fourier and Gauss engines (Lemmas 8.4, 8.5) #
The sign calculus over 𝔽₂ and the two multiplied-out integer identities it powers:
Lemma 8.4 (Fourier inversion, display (125)) and Lemma 8.5 (the constrained
quadratic Gauss transform, display (126)).
The sign calculus over 𝔽₂ #
(−1)^{(·).val} : ZMod 2 → ℤ is the additive character; the two orthogonality relations
(over the group and over its dual) are the single lemma sum_sign_eq_zero below.
The sign (−1)^s of s : 𝔽₂, as an integer.
Equations
- GQ2.SectionEight.sign s = (-1) ^ s.val
Instances For
1 + (−1)^u = 2·[u = 0].
Character orthogonality: a nonzero additive functional to 𝔽₂ on a finite abelian
group has sign-sum zero. (Both orthogonality relations of §8 — over the group for (126),
over the dual for (125) — are instances.)
The sign is the ±1-indicator: sign u = 2·[u = 0] − 1.
Orthogonality over the dual, summed form: Σ_{φ ∈ W^∨} (−1)^{φ w} = |W^∨|·[w = 0].
Lemma 8.4: Fourier inversion (display (125)) #
Lemma 8.4 (Fourier inversion, eq. (125)), multiplied-out integer form: for a finite
𝔽₂-obstruction space W, an obstruction assignment o : X → W on a finite index set, and
m_φ = #{x ∣ φ(o(x)) = 0},
|W^∨| · #{x ∣ o(x) = 0} = Σ_{φ ∈ W^∨} (2 m_φ − |X|).
(Paper form: divide by |D|, D = W^∨.) Proved — the 𝔽₂-character engine of the
final R-lifting stage (136).
Lemma 8.5: the constrained quadratic Gauss transform (display (126)) #
The Gauss sum G(Q) = Σ_{x ∈ W} (−1)^{Q(x)} of an 𝔽₂-valued form.
Equations
- GQ2.SectionEight.gaussSum Q = ∑ᶠ (x : W), GQ2.SectionEight.sign (Q x)
Instances For
In an 𝔽₂-module, every element is self-inverse.
Lemma 8.5 (constrained quadratic Gauss transform, eq. (126)), multiplied-out form:
for finite 𝔽₂-spaces W, E, a surjective linear L : W ↠ E, a form Q : W → 𝔽₂ with
polar form B_Q, and data a : E^∨ → W with the paper's defining property
B_Q(a_χ, x) = χ(L x) (the paper produces a_χ from nonsingularity of Q; the identity
needs only the property), the constrained count N(κ,ε) = #{x ∣ Lx = κ, Q(x) = ε}
satisfies 2|E^∨| · N(κ,ε) = |W| + G(Q) · Σ_{χ ∈ E^∨} (−1)^{χ(κ)+ε+Q(a_χ)}.
(|E^∨| = |E| for finite 𝔽₂-spaces, giving the paper's 1/(2|E|)-form.)
Proved — the affine-fibre engine of the (140)-clause of Prop 8.9.