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Pontryagin Duality for Modules over Compact Discrete Valuation Rings

Commutative Algebra 2024-08-21 v2

Abstract

We establish an analogue of Pontryagin duality for modules over compact discrete valuation rings RR. Namely, we define the dual of a topological RR module to be its continuous RR-module homomorphisms into K/RK/R, the quotient module of the fraction field by its ring of integers. It is established that for locally compact RR-modules the double dual map is an isomorphism and homeomorphism. Additionally, given a non-topological RR-module a canonical topology is constructed, uniquely defined so that the double dual map will be injective and continuous. Finally, the functor assigning a module to itself equipped with canonical topology is shown to be fully faithful, allowing one to recontextualize the topological statements in purely algebraic forms.

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@article{arxiv.2210.05838,
  title  = {Pontryagin Duality for Modules over Compact Discrete Valuation Rings},
  author = {Milo Moses},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.05838},
  year   = {2024}
}

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