Lubin–Tate torsion 2026-09-24
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 136 3 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
A Lubin–Tate series for is a power series such thatThe key Lubin–Tate lemma is that if and are such series and with , there is a unique series satisfying
Taking and defines . Uniqueness applied to the two sides of each identity proves the identity, associativity, and commutativity axioms, so is a formal group law. Taking defines endomorphisms , and uniqueness givesThus is the Lubin–Tate formal group as a formal -module, with .
For another Lubin–Tate series , apply the lemma with to obtainUniqueness shows that respects both formal addition and every scalar endomorphism. Its linear coefficient is the unit one, so it has a compositional inverse; equivalently, applying the lemma with and reversed supplies the inverse. Hence this Lubin–Tate change of series is an isomorphism of formal -modules.