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Put $X=1+T$ and let $\phi$ be the Frobenius substitution on cyclotomic power series, $\phi (g)(T)=g(X^p-1)$. It is injective: modulo $p$ it is the injective map $\overline{g}(T)\mapsto \overline{g}(T^p)$. If $\phi (g)=0$, this makes every coefficient of $g$ divisible by $p$; dividing by $p$ and repeating makes every coefficient zero.

We prove that $R$ is a finite free module over $S=\phi (R)$ of rank $p$, with basis $1,X,\dots ,X^{p-1}$. Modulo $p$, every series has a unique decomposition over ${\mathbb{F}}_p[[T^p]]$ in the basis $1,T,\dots ,T^{p-1}$. Changing to the powers of $X=1+T$ is an invertible triangular change of basis. Thus, modulo $p$, every $h\in R$ can be expressed as ${\sum }_{i=0}^{p-1}{X}^i\phi (h_i)$. Lift the coefficients to $R$, subtract this expression, and divide the remainder by $p$. Repeating and summing the p-adically convergent coefficient series givesUniqueness follows by reduction modulo $p$ and successive division by $p$. This proves finite freeness, not just a formal invariance of the right side in the question.

For $f\in R^{\times }$, multiplication by $f$ is an invertible $S$-linear map $m_f:R\to R$. Its determinant $b={\det }_S(m_f)$ belongs to $S^{\times }$. DefineThis is the norm for a finite free ring extension, pulled back along the injective substitution, and it is multiplicative and unit-valued.

To identify its determinant with the desired product, extend coefficients to $\mathcal{O}={\mathbb{Z}}_p[{\mu }_p]$. The substitutions $X\mapsto \xi X$ for ${\xi }^p=1$ are continuous automorphisms of $\mathcal{O}[[T]]$ fixing $\phi (\mathcal{O}[[T]])$. Evaluation of a series at $\xi X-1$ is legitimate in the $(\xi -1,T)$-adic topology, because the constant term $\xi -1$ is topologically nilpotent. On fraction fields this is a degree-$p$ extension with these $p$ distinct automorphisms: finite freeness bounds the degree by $p$, while the automorphisms force degree at least $p$. The determinant norm therefore equals the product of its conjugates. Norms commute with this scalar extension, soas required. Finally, any other unit-valued map satisfying this identity has the same image under $\phi$ for every $f$, and injectivity of $\phi$ makes it identical to $N$. The Coleman norm operator exists and is unique.

Let $M_f$ be the matrix of multiplication by $f$ in the basis from Question 1. Define the Coleman norm operator by the norm for a finite free ring extension:The entries lie in $\varphi (R)$, and $\varphi :R\to \varphi (R)$ is an isomorphism, so this determines $Nf$ uniquely. If $f$ is a unit, $M_f$ is invertible and its determinant is a unit. Also $M_{fg}=M_f{M}_g$, giving $N(fg)=NfNg$. Splitting the conjugates, or diagonalizing multiplication after adjoining the roots of unity and inverting $p$, gives the equivalent formulaIn particular, this definition has the required target $R^{\times }$, rather than merely a ring with extra roots of unity in its coefficients.

For the requested ring congruence, observe that the reduction of $\varphi$ is the injective map $\overline{g}(T)\mapsto \overline{g}(T^p)$. If $\varphi (g)\in p^{k}R$, its reduction first gives $g=p{g}_1$. Then $\varphi (g_1)\in p^{k-1}R$; repeat to obtain $g\in p^{k}R$. Applying this to $g=f-1$ provesThis congruence reflection for Frobenius substitution is valid for all $f\in R$, without assuming $f$ is a unit.

A further property needed for the fixed points is Coleman norm contraction. If $g=1+p^{k}h$ with $k\ge 1$, expand the determinant:Here $e_j(M_h)\in \varphi (R)$ is the coefficient of degree $j$ in $\det (I+t{M}_h)$. The trace formula from Question 1 makes the linear term divisible by $p^{k+1}$; every later term is divisible by $p^{2k}$ and $2k\ge k+1$. Reflecting the resulting ring congruence through $\varphi$ givesIf $Nf=f$ and $f\in 1+pR$, iteration gives $f\in 1+p^{k}R$ for every $k$. Since ${\bigcap }_k{p}^{k}R=0$, $f=1$.

To identify all fixed points, we also need $Nf\equiv f(\mathrm{mod}pR)$ for every unit $f$. In characteristic $p$, the extension ${\mathbb{F}}_p[[T]]/{\mathbb{F}}_p[[T^p]]$ has degree $p$ and its norm for a finite free ring extension is $\overline{f}\mapsto {\overline{f}}^p$. Indeed, after passing to fraction fields it is a purely inseparable field extension of degree $p$, so multiplication has only the eigenvalue $\overline{f}$, with multiplicity $p$, after splitting. Its determinant is ${\overline{f}}^p$. Thereforeand congruence reflection for Frobenius substitution gives $Nf\equiv f(\mathrm{mod}pR)$.

Now choose any lift $f_0\in R^{\times }$ of a given $a\in A^{\times }$ and put $f_n=N^n{f}_0$. Multiplicativity givesThus $(f_n)$ is a Cauchy sequence for the finer of the topologies on integral formal power series and converges to a unit $w(a)$ reducing to $a$. The Coleman norm operator is continuous: multiplication matrices and their determinants are continuous, and the finite-free coordinate decomposition and its inverse preserve the $p$-adic filtration defining the finer of the topologies on integral formal power series. Hence $Nw(a)=w(a)$. If two fixed units reduce to $a$, their quotient is fixed and belongs to $1+pR$, so it is $1$ by the preceding argument. This proves uniqueness, independence of the initial lift, and multiplicativity of the Coleman norm-fixed lift. In particular,Every unit $f\in R$ consequently has a unique factorization $f=w(\overline{f})v$ with $v\in 1+pR$, giving the canonical Coleman decomposition of power-series units:The final assertion as printed is false. The original PDF identifies a ring with a product of unit groups. With multiplication, $A$ has a zero and is not a group. With addition, it has exponent $p$, whereas $W\times A^{\times }$ has a nonidentity element of order $2$: $-1\in W$ because $p$ is odd and $N(-1)=(-1{)}^p=-1$. Thus neither interpretation makes the printed assertion true. The two boxed isomorphisms above are the valid natural conclusions; they do not require guessing which symbols the author intended to replace.