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On Mahler's Classification of Formal Power Series Over a Finite Field

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Abstract

Let K be a finite field, K(x) be the field of rational functions in x over K and K be the field of formal power series over K. We show that under certain conditions integral combinations with algebraic formal power series coefficients of a U1-number in K are Um-numbers in K, where m is the degree of the algebraic extension of K(x), determined by these algebraic formal power series coefficients.

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 11J61; Secondary 11J82

1. Introduction

1.1. The field of formal power series over a finite field

Let K be a finite field with q elements. We denote the ring of polynomials in x with coefficients from K by K[x], the quotient field of K[x] by K(x) and the degree of a non-zero polynomial f(x) in K[x] by deg(f). A non-Archimedean absolute value | · | is defined on K(x) by setting

|0|=0 and f(x)g(x)=qdeg(f)deg(g),

where f(x) and g(x) are non-zero polynomials in K[x]. The field K of formal power series over K is the completion of K(x) with respect to | · |. We denote the unique extension of | · | to the field K by the same notation | · |. Every non-zero element ξ of K can be represented uniquely as

ξ=n=ranxn,

where anK (n = r, r +1, …) with ar ≠ 0 and r is the rational integer such that |ξ| = qr.

An element of K is called an algebraic (resp. a transcendental) formal power series if it is algebraic (resp. transcendental) over K(x). We regard K[x], K(x) and K as the analogues of , and , respectively.

Let P(y) = f0 + f1y + ⋯ + fnyn be a non-zero polynomial in y over K[x]. (Note that fiK[x] for i = 0, 1, …, n.) We denote the degree of P(y) with respect to y by deg(P) and the height of P(y) by H(P), where H(P) = max {|f0|, …, |fn|}. Let α be an algebraic formal power series and P(y) be its minimal polynomial over K[x]. Then the height H(α) and the degree deg(α) of α are defined by H(P) and deg(P), respectively. Moreover, the roots of P(y) are said to be the conjugates of α over K (x). We refer the reader to Sprindžuk [16] for detailed information on K.

1.2. Mahler’s classification of formal power series over a finite field

In 1932, Mahler [9] introduced a classification of complex numbers. He divided complex numbers into four disjoint classes and called the numbers in these classes A-, S-, T- and U-numbers. Two algebraically dependent complex numbers belong to the same class. The class of A-numbers coincides with the set of complex algebraic numbers. Almost all complex numbers, in the sense of Lebesgue measure on , are S-numbers. Schmidt [15] proved that there exist uncountably many T-numbers. The class of U-numbers is subdivided into Um-subclasses (m = 1, 2, 3, …). LeVeque [8] constructed the first explicit examples of Um-numbers for any positive integer m.

Let p be a prime number. The field p of p-adic numbers is the completion of with respect to the p-adic absolute value. In 1935, Mahler [10] proposed a classification of p-adic numbers, analogous with his classification of complex numbers. He divided p-adic numbers into four disjoint classes and called the numbers in these classes p-adic A-, S-, T- and U-numbers. Two algebraically dependent p-adic numbers belong to the same class. The class of p-adic A-numbers coincides with the set of p-adic algebraic numbers. Almost all p-adic numbers, in the sense of Haar measure on p, are p-adic S-numbers. Schlickewei [14] proved that there exist p-adic T-numbers. The class of p-adic U-numbers is subdivided into Um-subclasses (m = 1, 2, 3, …). Alnıaçik [1: Chapter III, Theorem I] constructed the first explicit examples of p-adic Um-numbers for any positive integer m. We refer the reader to Bugeaud [2] for further information and references on Mahler’s classification of complex numbers and of p-adic numbers.

In 1978, Bundschuh [3] introduced a classification in K in analogy with Mahler’s classification of complex numbers and of p-adic numbers. This classification is said to be Mahler’s classification of formal power series over a finite field. Formal power series are divided into four disjoint classes with respect to this classification, called A-, S-, T- and U-numbers as follows.

Let ξK be any formal power series over K and let n and H be any positive rational integers. Set

wn(H,ξ)=min{|P(ξ)|:P(y)K[x][y],deg(P)n,H(P)HandP(ξ)0},wn(ξ)=lim supHlog wn(H,ξ)log Handw(ξ)=lim supnwn(ξ)n.

We denote by μ(ξ) the smallest integer n such that wn(ξ) = ∞ if such an integer exists and write μ(ξ) = ∞ otherwise. Then ξ is said to be

  • an A-number if w(ξ) = 0 and μ(ξ) = ∞,

  • an S-number if 0 < w(ξ) < ∞ and μ(ξ) = ∞,

  • a T-number if w(ξ) = ∞ and μ(ξ) = ∞,

  • a U-number if w(ξ) = ∞ and μ(ξ) < ∞.

Furthermore, a U-number ξ is said to be a Um-number if μ(ξ) = m.

Recently, Ooto [11] contributed a lot to Mahler’s classification in K, stated as follows. The class of A-numbers coincides with the set of algebraic formal power series (Ooto [11: Proposition A.3]). Two algebraically dependent transcendental formal power series belong to the same class (Ooto [11: Proposition A.4]). Sprindžuk [16: Part II, Chapter 3] proved that almost all formal power series ξ in K, in the sense of Haar measure on K, are S-numbers with wn(ξ) = n for n = 1, 2, 3, … and hence with w(ξ) = 1. Ooto [11: Theorem 1.1] recently proved that there exist uncountably many T-numbers in K. He constructed explicit examples of T-numbers in K. The existence of Um-numbers for any positive integer m was first proved by Oryan [12]. His method allows us to construct explicit examples of Um-numbers in K. Recently, Kekeç [6] and [7] contributed to constructing explicit examples of Um-numbers in K by making use of the method of Oryan [12: Satz 4 and Satz 5]. We recommend the reader to consult Sprindžuk [16], Bundschuh [3] and Bugeaud [2] for further results and references on Mahler’s classification in K.

1.3. Construction of our main result

In 1979, Alnıaç1k [1: Chapter III, pp. 73–81] proved that under certain conditions rational and integral combinations with p-adic algebraic number coefficients of a p-adic U1-number are p-adic Um-numbers, where m is the degree of the p-adic algebraic number field, determined by these p-adic algebraic number coefficients. By this method, Alniaçik proved the existence of p-adic Um-numbers and gave the first explicit construction of such numbers. In the sense of this result and method of Alniaçik, we prove the following theorem. Our method heavily depends on the method given by Oryan [12: Satz 4 and Satz 5, pp. 57–62] to prove the existence of Um-numbers in K. We state our main result as follows.

Theorem 1.1.

Letα0, …, αk (k ≥ 1) be algebraic formal power series withαk ≠ 0, and letξbe a U1-number enjoying such a representation

(1.1)ξ=n=0anxun,
whereanK – {0} (n = 0, 1, 2, …) andunn=0is a strictly increasing sequence of non-negative rational integers with
(1.2)limnun+1un=.

Thenα0 + α1ξ + ⋯ + αkξk is a Um-number, wheremis the degree ofK(x)(α0, …, αk) overK(x).

Remark 1.

By definition, as described in Subsection 1.2, a U1-number ξ in K is a formal power series ξ in K, enjoying such an approximation

0<ξan(x)bn(x)<Han(x)bn(x)dn(n=1,2,3,),

where an(x), bn(x) are non-zero polynomials in K[x] with H(an(x)/bn(x)) > 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, … and dnn=1 is a sequence of positive real numbers with limndn=. Therefore the representation (1.1) together with (1.2) is not a characterization of a U1-number. The set of numbers ξ satisfying (1.1) and (1.2) is just a subset of the set of U1-numbers. Moreover, we see from the definition that a U1-number in K is the analogue of a Liouville number in . We refer the reader to Perron [13] for information on Liouville numbers.

Remark 2.

Theorem 1.1 is the K analogue of [1: Chapter III, Theorem I] in p-adic case and of [5: Corollary 1] in real case. Furthermore, we recommend the reader to consult a related work [4] in real case, which yields to construct explicit Um-numbers in ℝ.

We highlight the following consequence of Theorem 1.1.

Corollary 1.1.1.

LetαK{0}be algebraic overK(x) with deg(α) = m and ξ be a U1-number satisfying the conditions ofTheorem 1.1. Then, byTheorem 1.1. α + ξandα · ξ are Um-numbers.

In the next section, we prepare and cite certain lemmas in order to prove Theorem 1.1. In Section 3, we prove Theorem 1.1 and establish explicit examples of Um-numbers.

2. Auxiliary results

We apply the following four lemmas to prove Theorem 1.1. Lemma 2.1 can be regarded as a K analogue of Lemma 5 in [1: Chapter I].

Lemma 2.1.

Letα0, …, αk(k ≥ 1) be algebraic formal power series withαk ≠ 0. Then for θ inK(x) the algebraic formal power seriesα0 + α1θ + … + αkθkis a primitive element ofK(x)(α0, …, αk) overK(x) except for only finitely many θinK(x).

Proof. We adapt the method of the proof of Lemma 5 in [1: Chapter I] to the field K(x)¯, where K(x)¯ denotes the algebraic closure of K(x). The field K(x)¯ is the analogue of the field ¯ of complex algebraic numbers. We put

L:=K(x)α0,,αk

and

R(y)α0+α1y++αkyk.

Let us denote the degree of L over K(x) by m. If m = 1, then Lemma 2.1 obviously holds true. Hence, let us assume that m > 1. We denote by αi(1), …, αi(m) the field conjugates of αi for L, where i = 0, 1, …, k. These are the conjugates of αi over K(x), each repeated m/deg(αi) times. We exclude the values θK(x) satisfying R(θ) = 0, if such values of θ exist, since they constitute a finite set. Let θK(x) with R(θ) ≠ 0. If R(θ) is not a primitive element of L, then there exist integers s, t in {1, …, m} with st such that

(2.1)(R(θ))(s)=(R(θ))(t).

From (2.1),

α0+α1θ++αkθk(s)=α0+α1θ++αkθk(t).

This gives

α0(s)+α1(s)θ(s)++αk(s)θk(s)=α0(t)+α1(t)θ(t)++αk(t)θk(t)

and hence

α0(s)+α1(s)θ(s)++αk(s)θ(s)k=α0(t)+α1(t)θ(t)++αk(t)θ(t)k.

Since θK(x), we have θ(s) = θ(t) = θ. Thus

α0(s)+α1(s)θ++αk(s)θk=α0(t)+α1(t)θ++αk(t)θk.

If (2.1) were satisfied by infinitely many θ in K(x), then the last equality would turn to an identity and we would have

(2.2)αi(s)=αi(t)(i=0,1,,k).

Let β be a primitive element of L over K(x). Then deg(β) = m and the field conjugates of β for L are distinct from each other. We have

β=Sα0,α1,,αk,

where S(y0, y1, …, yk) is a rational function in y0, y1, …, yk with coefficients from K(x). Then we obtain

β(ν)=Sα0(ν),α1(ν),,αk(ν)

for ν = 1, 2, …, m. By (2.2), this would give us

β(s)=β(t).

But this is impossible since β is a primitive element of L. Therefore (2.1) can hold true for only finitely many θ in K(x). This completes the proof of Lemma 2.1.

Lemma 2.2.

(Oryan [12: Hilfssatz 4]). Let β1, …, βnbe in a finite extension of degree moverK(x). Then

Hβ1++βnHβ12m2Hβn2m2
and
Hβ1βnHβ12m2Hβn2m2.

In classical case, it is well-known that the inequality |β| ≤ H(β) + 1 holds for a complex algebraic number β, where H(β) denotes its usual height and | · | denotes the usual absolute value on The following lemma is the K analogue of this well-known result, whose proof can be done easily by following the lines in Waldschmidt [17: 3.5 Liouville’s Inequalities, p. 82] and using the property of non-Archimedean absolute value.

Lemma 2.3.

Let β be an algebraic formal power series. Then

|β|H(β).

Lemma 2.4 (Oryan [12], Hilfssatz 2).

LetP(y) andQ(y) be polynomials overK[x] with degreesn ≥ 1 andm ≥ 2, respectively. If the polynomialsP(y) andQ(y) are relatively prime overK[x] andα is a root of Q(y), then

|P(α)|H(P)m+1H(Q)n.

3. Proof of Theorem 1.1

We write

ξ=ξn+ρn(n=0,1,2,),

where

ξn=h=0nahxuh and ρn=h=n+1ahxuh(n=0,1,2,).

It follows that

(3.1)|ξ|=ξn=qu01(n=0,1,2,)

and

(3.2)ρn=qun+1<1(n=0,1,2,).

We put

R(y)α0+α1y++αkyk and γR(ξ).

We want to show that γ is a Um-number. Set

γ=Rξn+ρn=γn+ρnδn,

where

γn=Rξn(n=0,1,2,)

and

δn=α1+α22ξn+ρn++αkk1ξnk1+k2ξnk2ρn++ρnk1

for n = 0, 1, 2, …. Let

αiqti(i=1,,k) and tmin0,t1,,tk.

Then, using (3.1), (3.2) and the property of non-Archimedean absolute value, that is, |α + β| ≤ max {|α|, |β|} holds for α,βK, we get

(3.3)δnqt(n=0,1,2,).

Note that γnK(x)(α0, …, αk) for n = 0, 1, 2, …. We deduce from Lemma 2.1 that deg(γn) = m and further from Lemma 2.2, the fact H(ξn) = qun (n = 0, 1, 2, …) that

(3.4)Hγnc0un

hold for sufficiently large n, where c0 is a real constant which depends only on m, q, k and the algebraic formal power series αi (i = 0, 1, …, k) with c0 > q.

We shall first show that γ is a U-number with μ(γ) ≤ m. Let An(y) = an0 + an1y + ⋯ + anmym be the minimal polynomial of γn over K[x]. Since An(γn) = 0, we have

An(γ)=Anγn+ρnδn=ρnσn,

where

σn=an1δn++anmm1γnm1δn+m2γnm2ρnδn2++ρnm1δnm.

It follows from Lemma 2.3, (3.2), (3.3) and (3.4) that

σnc1un,

where c1 is a real constant with c0 < c1, thus from (3.2) that

An(γ)=ρnσnqun+1c1un

and hence from (3.4) that

(3.5)0<An(γ)Hγnsn

hold for sufficiently large n, where

sn=un+1unlogqlogc11 and limnsn=.

Since ξ is a transcendental formal power series, note that An (γ) = An (R(ξ)) is not zero. The sequence An(y)n=0 has infinitely many different terms. For otherwise An(y)n=0 would have finitely many different terms, that is, there would exist a repeating polynomial A(y) among these terms. Namely, there would exist a subsequence Anj(y)j=0 of An(y)n=0 such that Anj (y) = A(y) for j = 0, 1, 2, …. Since Anj (y) is the minimal polynomial of γnj = R(ξnj) for j = 0, 1, 2, …, we would obtain

ARξnj=0(j=0,1,2,).

Letting j tend to infinity and observing that limnξn=ξ, this would give us A (R(ξ)) = 0 which contradicts with the fact that ξ is a transcendental formal power series. Therefore the sequence An(y)n=0 must have infinitely many different terms. This implies that

limsupnHAn=.

For otherwise the sequence HAnn=0 would be bounded above. Since An(y) (n = 0, 1, 2, …) are polynomials over K[x] with deg(An) = m for sufficiently large n and k is finite, the sequence An(y)n=0 would have finitely many different terms, contrary to the fact that An(y)n=0 has infinitely many different terms. Thus limsupnH(An)= must hold. Then the sequence HAnn=0 has a subsequence HAnii=0 such that

1<HAn1<HAn2<HAn3<,limiHAni=.

Therefore we infer from (3.5) and H(γni) = H(Ani) (i = 0, 1, 2, …) that

0<Ani(γ)HAnisni

for sufficiently large i. Since deg(Ani) = m, this implies that γ is a U-number with

(3.6)μ(γ)m.

Now we shall show that μ(γ) ≥ m. If m = 1, then μ(γ) ≥ m. Let m > 1 and B(y) = b0 + b1y + ⋯ + bgyg be any polynomial over K[x] with deg(B) = g and 1 ≤ gm – 1. Then, for any positive rational integer ν,

(3.7)B(γ)=Bγν+ρνδν=Bγν+ρνθν,

where

θν=b1δν++bgg1γνg1δν+g2γνg2ρνδν2++ρνg1δνg.

Similarly as in the previous paragraph, we obtain for sufficiently large ν

θνc1uν and ρνθνc1uνsν.

There exists a real constant c2 with 0 < c2 < 1 such that

sνc2uν+1uν

and hence

(3.8)ρνθνc1c2uν+1

hold for sufficiently large ν. Since deg(γν) = m, it follows that B(γν) ≠ 0. Thus, by Lemma 2.4 and (3.4), we have for sufficiently large ν

(3.9)BγνH(B)(m1)Hγν(m1)H(B)(m1)c1uν(m1).

We choose two real numbers λ and η such that

(3.10)λ>2(m1)c2

and

(3.11)η>(m1)(λ+1)c2.

The inequality

(3.12)η<uν+1uν

is verified for sufficiently large ν.

Let B(y) be a polynomial over K[x] with 1 ≤ deg(B) ≤ m – 1 and with sufficiently large height H(B). Let n be the unique positive rational integer satisfying

c1unH(B)<c1un+1.

If c1unH(B)<c1un+1/λ holds, then it follows from (3.7), (3.8) and (3.9) for ν = n that

B(γ)=Bγn+ρnθn,BγnH(B)2(m1),ρnθn<H(B)λc2,

Then, by (3.10), we obtain |ρn||θn| < |B(γn)|. So, using the property of non-Archimedean absolute value, that is, |α + β| = max {|α|, |β|} is verified for α,βK when |α| ≠ |β|, we get

(3.13)|B(γ)|=BγnH(B)2(m1).

If c1un+1/λH(B)<c1un+1 holds, then it follows from (3.7), (3.8), (3.9) and (3.12) for ν = n + 1 that

B(γ)=Bγn+1+ρn+1θn+1,Bγn+1H(B)(m1)(λ+1),ρn+1θn+1c1c2un+2<c1c2ηun+1<H(B)ηc2.

Then, by (3.11), we obtain |ρn+1||θn+1| < |B(γn+1)|. Hence,

(3.14)|B(γ)|=Bγn+1H(B)(m1)(λ+1).

We infer from (3.13) and (3.14) that

|B(γ)|H(B)(m1)(λ+1)

for all polynomials B(y) over K[x] with 1 ≤ deg(B) ≤ m – 1 and with sufficiently large height H(B). This implies that

(3.15)μ(γ)m.

By (3.6) and (3.15), we conclude that μ(γ) = m. Then γ = α0 + α1ξ + ⋯ + αkξk is a Um-number. This completes the proof of Theorem 1.1.

Remark 3.

Using Lemma 2.4 and (3.4), we can rewrite (3.9) exactly as

(3.16)BγνH(B)(m1)Hγνdeg(B)H(B)(m1)c1uνdeg(B).

If we apply (3.16) in place of (3.9) in the proof of Theorem 1.1, then we see that

|B(γ)|H(B)(m1)λdeg(B)

holds true for all polynomials B(y) over K[x] with 1 ≤ deg(B) ≤ m – 1 and with sufficiently large height H(B). This yields that

wt(γ)m1+λt for t=1,,m1

when m ≥ 2.

Remark 4.

Let us denote by K¯ the completion of the algebraic closure of K with respect to | · |. We regard the field K¯ as the analogue of the field ℂ of complex numbers. The height, the degree and the conjugates of an element α in K¯, which is algebraic over K(x) are defined exactly as in Subsection 1.1. Due to Bundschuh [3], Mahler’s classification is carried from K to K¯. A-, S-, T-, U- and Um-numbers in K¯ are defined as in Subsection 1.2. (We just begin with ξK¯ in place of ξK) Moreover, we observe that Lemma 2.1, Lemma 2.2, Lemma 2.3 and Lemma 2.4 hold true not only for algebraic formal power series in K but also for elements in K¯, which are algebraic over K(x). Then we see that Theorem 1.1 is also valid for the elements α0, …, αk (k ≥ 1) in K(x)¯ with αk ≠ 0. (Note that an element of K(x)¯ need not be in K, but it is certainly in K¯.) In this case, the occurring Um-number is in K.

Remark 4 enables us to give the following example to illustrate Theorem 1.1.

Example 1.

Let m be any positive rational integer. In Theorem 1.1, let us take α0==αk=xm, where xm is defined as a root of the polynomial ymx, and ξ=n=0x(n+1)!. Then α0 + α1α + ⋯ + αkξk is a Um-number.


(Communicated by István Gaál)


Acknowledgement

The author would like to thank the referees for their helpful suggestions.

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