Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 125 2 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A one-dimensional commutative formal group law over a ring is a series satisfyingAn isomorphism from to is a series with and
Over a characteristic-zero field , every such formal group is isomorphic to the additive formal group. Differentiate the associativity identity and define the invariant differentialTermwise integration is possible in characteristic zero; the formal logarithmhas leading term . Invariance of givesand evaluation at removes the integration constant. Hence . Its unit linear coefficient gives a compositional inverse, so it is an isomorphism to . Therefore any two one-dimensional commutative formal groups over are isomorphic.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 125 1 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A one-dimensional commutative formal group law over is a power series satisfyingA homomorphism is a series such that
Write . If is a unit, recursive comparison of coefficients constructs a unique compositional inverse with . Apply to the homomorphism identity and substitute , to obtainThus is a homomorphism from to , so is an isomorphism.