Characteristic zero #
A ring R is called of characteristic zero if every natural number n is non-zero when considered
as an element of R. Since this definition doesn't mention the multiplicative structure of R
except for the existence of 1 in this file characteristic zero is defined for additive monoids
with 1.
Main definition #
char_zero is the typeclass of an additive monoid with one such that the natural homomorphism
from the natural numbers into it is injective.
Main statements #
- A linearly ordered semiring has characteristic zero.
- Characteristic zero implies that the additive monoid is infinite.
TODO #
- Once order of a group is defined for infinite additive monoids redefine or at least connect to
order of
1in the additive monoid with one. - Unify with
char_p(possibly using an out-parameter)
- cast_injective : function.injective coe
Typeclass for monoids with characteristic zero. (This is usually stated on fields but it makes sense for any additive monoid with 1.)
Warning: for a semiring R, char_zero R and char_p R 0 need not coincide.
char_zero Rrequires an injectionℕ ↪ R;char_p R 0asks that only0 : ℕmaps to0 : Runder the mapℕ → R.
For instance, endowing {0, 1} with addition given by max (i.e. 1 is absorbing), shows that
char_zero {0, 1} does not hold and yet char_p {0, 1} 0 does.
This example is formalized in counterexamples/char_p_zero_ne_char_zero.
Note this is not an instance as char_zero implies nontrivial,
and this would risk forming a loop.
nat.cast as an embedding into monoids of characteristic 0.
Equations
- nat.cast_embedding = {to_fun := coe coe_to_lift, inj' := _}