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− | Hilbert's basis theorem | + | ==Hilbert's basis theorem== |
+ | If <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474101.png" /> is a commutative [[Noetherian ring|Noetherian ring]] and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474102.png" /> is the ring of polynomials in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474103.png" /> with coefficients in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474104.png" />, then <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474105.png" /> is also a Noetherian ring. In particular, in a ring of polynomials in a finite number of variables over a field or over a ring of integers any ideal is generated by a finite number of elements (has a finite basis). This is the form in which the theorem was demonstrated by D. Hilbert [[#References|[1]]]; it was used as auxiliary theorem in the proof of Hilbert's theorem on invariants (see below, 8). Subsequently, Hilbert's basis theorem was extensively used in commutative algebra. | ||
====References==== | ====References==== | ||
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''V.I. Danilov'' | ''V.I. Danilov'' | ||
− | Hilbert's irreducibility theorem | + | ==Hilbert's irreducibility theorem== |
+ | Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474106.png" /> be an irreducible polynomial over the field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474107.png" /> of rational numbers; then there exists an infinite set of values <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474108.png" /> of the variables <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h0474109.png" /> for which the polynomial <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741010.png" /> is irreducible over <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741011.png" />. Thus, the polynomial <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741012.png" /> remains irreducible for all <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741013.png" /> (<img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741014.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741015.png" />) and only for them. This theorem, which was obtained by D. Hilbert in 1892, was subsequently generalized to the case of polynomials over certain other fields (e.g., over a field of finite type over its prime subfield [[#References|[2]]]). | ||
Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is employed in investigations connected with the inverse problem in Galois theory and with the arithmetic of algebraic varieties (cf. [[Galois theory, inverse problem of|Galois theory, inverse problem of]]; [[Algebraic varieties, arithmetic of|Algebraic varieties, arithmetic of]]). Let there exist an extension <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741016.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741017.png" /> over the field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741018.png" /> of rational functions in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741019.png" />, with <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741020.png" /> an algebraically closed field in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741021.png" /> such that Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is applicable to it. Then it is possible to choose values of the variables <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741022.png" /> in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741023.png" /> such that the obtained extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741024.png" /> has Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741025.png" />. With the aid of this concept Hilbert constructed [[#References|[1]]] extensions of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741026.png" /> with a symmetric and an alternating group; in the case of the symmetric group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741027.png" /> is taken to be the field of rational functions in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741028.png" /> variables, while <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741029.png" /> is a subfield of the field of symmetric functions, which is itself a field of rational functions. In a generalization of this approach, E. Noether considered an arbitrary subgroup <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741030.png" /> and the extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741031.png" /> of the corresponding field of invariants of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741032.png" /> with respect to <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741033.png" /> [[#References|[3]]]. Hilbert's irreducibility theorem makes it possible to construct an extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741034.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741035.png" />, as long as <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741036.png" /> is a field of rational functions over <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741037.png" />. The problem of satisfying this condition (Noether's problem) is closely connected with the [[Lüroth problem|Lüroth problem]]. Only in 1969 was it shown by R. Swan that the answer to the problem is negative in most cases [[#References|[4]]], [[#References|[6]]]. | Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is employed in investigations connected with the inverse problem in Galois theory and with the arithmetic of algebraic varieties (cf. [[Galois theory, inverse problem of|Galois theory, inverse problem of]]; [[Algebraic varieties, arithmetic of|Algebraic varieties, arithmetic of]]). Let there exist an extension <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741016.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741017.png" /> over the field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741018.png" /> of rational functions in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741019.png" />, with <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741020.png" /> an algebraically closed field in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741021.png" /> such that Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is applicable to it. Then it is possible to choose values of the variables <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741022.png" /> in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741023.png" /> such that the obtained extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741024.png" /> has Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741025.png" />. With the aid of this concept Hilbert constructed [[#References|[1]]] extensions of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741026.png" /> with a symmetric and an alternating group; in the case of the symmetric group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741027.png" /> is taken to be the field of rational functions in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741028.png" /> variables, while <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741029.png" /> is a subfield of the field of symmetric functions, which is itself a field of rational functions. In a generalization of this approach, E. Noether considered an arbitrary subgroup <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741030.png" /> and the extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741031.png" /> of the corresponding field of invariants of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741032.png" /> with respect to <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741033.png" /> [[#References|[3]]]. Hilbert's irreducibility theorem makes it possible to construct an extension of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741034.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741035.png" />, as long as <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741036.png" /> is a field of rational functions over <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741037.png" />. The problem of satisfying this condition (Noether's problem) is closely connected with the [[Lüroth problem|Lüroth problem]]. Only in 1969 was it shown by R. Swan that the answer to the problem is negative in most cases [[#References|[4]]], [[#References|[6]]]. | ||
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''A.N. Parshin'' | ''A.N. Parshin'' | ||
− | Hilbert's Nullstellen Satz | + | ==Hilbert's Nullstellen Satz== |
+ | ''Hilbert's zero theorem, Hilbert's root theorem'' | ||
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+ | Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741045.png" /> be a field, let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741046.png" /> be a ring of polynomials over <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741047.png" />, let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741048.png" /> be the algebraic closure of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741049.png" />, and let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741050.png" /> be polynomials in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741051.png" />. A root of the polynomial <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741052.png" /> is a sequence <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741053.png" /> of elements in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741054.png" /> satisfying the condition <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741055.png" />. If each common root of the polynomials <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741056.png" /> is a root of the polynomial <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741057.png" />, then there exists an integer <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741058.png" />, depending only on <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741059.png" />, such that <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741060.png" /> belongs to the ideal generated by <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741061.png" />, i.e. | ||
<table class="eq" style="width:100%;"> <tr><td valign="top" style="width:94%;text-align:center;"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741062.png" /></td> </tr></table> | <table class="eq" style="width:100%;"> <tr><td valign="top" style="width:94%;text-align:center;"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741062.png" /></td> </tr></table> | ||
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''V.I. Danilov'' | ''V.I. Danilov'' | ||
− | Hilbert's theorem on surfaces of negative curvature | + | ==Hilbert's theorem on surfaces of negative curvature== |
+ | In the three-dimensional Euclidean space there is no complete regular surface of constant negative curvature. Demonstrated by D. Hilbert [[#References|[1]]] in 1901. | ||
====References==== | ====References==== | ||
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''E.V. Shikin'' | ''E.V. Shikin'' | ||
− | Hilbert's syzygies theorem | + | ==Hilbert's syzygies theorem== |
+ | A theorem on finiteness of a syzygies chain (cf. [[Syzygy|Syzygy]]) of a graded module over a ring of polynomials (for the classical formulation see [[#References|[1]]]). | ||
Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741070.png" /> be a [[Noetherian ring|Noetherian ring]], let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741071.png" /> be a Noetherian <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741072.png" />-module and let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741073.png" /> be a system of generators of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741074.png" />. The module of syzygies (relations) <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741075.png" /> of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741076.png" /> is the module of relations for <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741077.png" />, i.e. the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741078.png" />-module of vectors <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741079.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741080.png" />, which satisfy the condition <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741081.png" />. Inductively one defines the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741083.png" />-th module of syzygies by <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741084.png" /> (where <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741085.png" />). It may also be described in a different manner as an exact sequence, known as a chain of syzygies: | Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741070.png" /> be a [[Noetherian ring|Noetherian ring]], let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741071.png" /> be a Noetherian <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741072.png" />-module and let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741073.png" /> be a system of generators of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741074.png" />. The module of syzygies (relations) <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741075.png" /> of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741076.png" /> is the module of relations for <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741077.png" />, i.e. the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741078.png" />-module of vectors <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741079.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741080.png" />, which satisfy the condition <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741081.png" />. Inductively one defines the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741083.png" />-th module of syzygies by <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741084.png" /> (where <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h04741085.png" />). It may also be described in a different manner as an exact sequence, known as a chain of syzygies: | ||
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''V.I. Danilov'' | ''V.I. Danilov'' | ||
− | Hilbert's theorem on cyclic extensions | + | ==Hilbert's theorem on cyclic extensions== |
+ | ''Hilbert's theorem <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410100.png" />)'' | ||
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+ | Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410101.png" /> be a cyclic extension of a field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410102.png" /> with cyclic Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410103.png" /> and let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410104.png" /> be the generator of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410105.png" />; the norm <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410106.png" /> of an element <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410107.png" /> is then equal to one if and only if there exists a non-zero element <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410108.png" /> satisfying the condition <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410109.png" />. In a similar manner, the trace <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410110.png" /> is zero if and only if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410111.png" /> can be represented in the form <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410112.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410113.png" />, [[#References|[1]]], [[#References|[2]]], [[#References|[3]]]. | ||
Hilbert's theorem may be considered as a consequence of a more general theorem on the cohomology of Galois groups [[#References|[4]]]. In fact, if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410114.png" /> is a [[Galois extension|Galois extension]] of a field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410115.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410116.png" />, then the multiplicative group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410117.png" /> of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410118.png" /> has the structure of a <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410119.png" />-module, and the first cohomology group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410120.png" /> vanishes. In the same manner, if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410121.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410122.png" /> (cf. [[Galois cohomology|Galois cohomology]]). | Hilbert's theorem may be considered as a consequence of a more general theorem on the cohomology of Galois groups [[#References|[4]]]. In fact, if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410114.png" /> is a [[Galois extension|Galois extension]] of a field <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410115.png" /> with Galois group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410116.png" />, then the multiplicative group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410117.png" /> of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410118.png" /> has the structure of a <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410119.png" />-module, and the first cohomology group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410120.png" /> vanishes. In the same manner, if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410121.png" />, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410122.png" /> (cf. [[Galois cohomology|Galois cohomology]]). | ||
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+ | A theorem that establishes that the algebra of all polynomials on the complex vector space of forms of degree <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410151.png" /> in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410152.png" /> variables which are invariant with respect to the action of the general linear group <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410153.png" />, defined by linear substitutions of these variables, is finitely generated. The first proof of the theorem using Hilbert's basis theorem as well as formal processes of the theory of invariants, was given in [[#References|[1]]] (cf. also [[Invariants, theory of|Invariants, theory of]]). D. Hilbert [[#References|[2]]] gave a constructive proof of this theorem. | ||
Hilbert's theorem is the first fundamental theorem of the theory of invariants for the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410154.png" />-th symmetric degree of the standard representation of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410155.png" />. The proof of Hilbert's theorem stimulated the formulation of the problem of finite generation of algebras of invariants for subgroups of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410156.png" /> and also the formulation of Hilbert's 14th problem. It was proved by H. Weyl, who employed the theory of integration on groups, that the algebra of invariants is finitely generated for any finite-dimensional representation of a compact Lie group or a complex semi-simple Lie group [[#References|[3]]]. | Hilbert's theorem is the first fundamental theorem of the theory of invariants for the <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410154.png" />-th symmetric degree of the standard representation of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410155.png" />. The proof of Hilbert's theorem stimulated the formulation of the problem of finite generation of algebras of invariants for subgroups of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/h/h047/h047410/h047410156.png" /> and also the formulation of Hilbert's 14th problem. It was proved by H. Weyl, who employed the theory of integration on groups, that the algebra of invariants is finitely generated for any finite-dimensional representation of a compact Lie group or a complex semi-simple Lie group [[#References|[3]]]. |
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Hilbert's basis theorem
If is a commutative Noetherian ring and
is the ring of polynomials in
with coefficients in
, then
is also a Noetherian ring. In particular, in a ring of polynomials in a finite number of variables over a field or over a ring of integers any ideal is generated by a finite number of elements (has a finite basis). This is the form in which the theorem was demonstrated by D. Hilbert [1]; it was used as auxiliary theorem in the proof of Hilbert's theorem on invariants (see below, 8). Subsequently, Hilbert's basis theorem was extensively used in commutative algebra.
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die Theorie der algebraischen Formen" Math. Ann. , 36 (1890) pp. 473–534 MR1510634 Zbl 22.0133.01 |
V.I. Danilov
Hilbert's irreducibility theorem
Let be an irreducible polynomial over the field
of rational numbers; then there exists an infinite set of values
of the variables
for which the polynomial
is irreducible over
. Thus, the polynomial
remains irreducible for all
(
,
) and only for them. This theorem, which was obtained by D. Hilbert in 1892, was subsequently generalized to the case of polynomials over certain other fields (e.g., over a field of finite type over its prime subfield [2]).
Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is employed in investigations connected with the inverse problem in Galois theory and with the arithmetic of algebraic varieties (cf. Galois theory, inverse problem of; Algebraic varieties, arithmetic of). Let there exist an extension with Galois group
over the field
of rational functions in
, with
an algebraically closed field in
such that Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is applicable to it. Then it is possible to choose values of the variables
in
such that the obtained extension of
has Galois group
. With the aid of this concept Hilbert constructed [1] extensions of
with a symmetric and an alternating group; in the case of the symmetric group
is taken to be the field of rational functions in
variables, while
is a subfield of the field of symmetric functions, which is itself a field of rational functions. In a generalization of this approach, E. Noether considered an arbitrary subgroup
and the extension of
of the corresponding field of invariants of
with respect to
[3]. Hilbert's irreducibility theorem makes it possible to construct an extension of
with Galois group
, as long as
is a field of rational functions over
. The problem of satisfying this condition (Noether's problem) is closely connected with the Lüroth problem. Only in 1969 was it shown by R. Swan that the answer to the problem is negative in most cases [4], [6].
Hilbert's irreducibility theorem is also employed in constructing rational points of Abelian varieties over the field
of rational numbers. By the Mordell–Weil theorem, the group of rational points of
is finitely generated and there arises the question of the value of its rank
. Using Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, A. Neron constructed varieties
of dimension
and rank higher than or equal to
[2].
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die Irreducibilität ganzer rationaler Funktionen mit ganzzahligen Koefficienten" J. Reine Angew. Math. , 110 (1892) pp. 104–129 |
[2] | S. Lang, "Diophantine geometry" , Interscience (1962) MR0142550 Zbl 0115.38701 |
[3] | N.G. Chebotarev, "Galois theory" , Moscow-Leningrad (1936) pp. 18–32 (In Russian) |
[4] | J. Martinet, "Un contre-exemple à une conjecture d'E. Noether (d'apres R. Swan)" , Sem. Bourbaki , 22 : 372 (1969–1970) |
[5] | A. Schinzel, "Reducibility of polynomials" , Proc. Internat. Congress Mathematicians (Nice, 1970) , 1 , Gauthier-Villars (1971) pp. 491–496 MR0424768 Zbl 0233.12101 Zbl 0228.12101 Zbl 0223.12103 Zbl 0219.12051 |
[6] | V.E. Voskresenskii, "The geometry of linear algebraic groups" Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. , 132 (1975) pp. 178–183 Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklov. , 132 (1973) pp. 151–161 MR0342521 Zbl 0309.14040 |
A.N. Parshin
Hilbert's Nullstellen Satz
Hilbert's zero theorem, Hilbert's root theorem
Let be a field, let
be a ring of polynomials over
, let
be the algebraic closure of
, and let
be polynomials in
. A root of the polynomial
is a sequence
of elements in
satisfying the condition
. If each common root of the polynomials
is a root of the polynomial
, then there exists an integer
, depending only on
, such that
belongs to the ideal generated by
, i.e.
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where are certain polynomials. This result has been obtained by D. Hilbert [1].
The theorem is equivalent to the statement that for any proper ideal of the ring
there exists a root which is common to all polynomials in
. Thus, this theorem may be regarded as a far-reaching generalization of the fundamental theorem of algebra (cf. Algebra, fundamental theorem of). It may also be regarded as the statement that any prime ideal of the ring
is the intersection of the maximal ideals which contain it; this leads to the concept of a Jacobson ring.
In the geometric interpretation, the roots of an ideal correspond to the algebraic points of the affine variety defined by
. Hilbert's theorem implies that there exists an algebraic point in any non-empty affine variety. Thus, the set of algebraic points is everywhere dense on the variety and thus uniquely defines it — which is the reason why one often restricts oneself to algebraic points when studying algebraic varieties.
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die vollen Invariantensysteme" Math. Ann. , 42 (1893) pp. 313–373 MR1510781 Zbl 25.0173.01 |
[2] | B.L. van der Waerden, "Algebra" , 2 , Springer (1971) (Translated from German) MR1541390 Zbl 0221.12001 |
[3] | O. Zariski, P. Samuel, "Commutative algebra" , 1 , Springer (1975) MR0389876 MR0384768 Zbl 0313.13001 |
[4] | S. Lang, "Algebra" , Addison-Wesley (1974) MR0783636 Zbl 0712.00001 |
[5] | N. Bourbaki, "Elements of mathematics. Commutative algebra" , Addison-Wesley (1972) (Translated from French) MR0360549 Zbl 0279.13001 |
V.I. Danilov
Hilbert's theorem on surfaces of negative curvature
In the three-dimensional Euclidean space there is no complete regular surface of constant negative curvature. Demonstrated by D. Hilbert [1] in 1901.
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Grundlagen der Geometrie" , Springer (1913) MR1859422 MR1807508 MR1807507 MR1732507 MR1676305 MR1109913 MR0981143 MR0874532 MR0851072 MR0799771 MR0474006 MR0309913 MR0262046 MR0229120 MR0177322 MR0098003 MR0080308 MR1511181 Zbl 44.0543.02 |
E.V. Shikin
Hilbert's syzygies theorem
A theorem on finiteness of a syzygies chain (cf. Syzygy) of a graded module over a ring of polynomials (for the classical formulation see [1]).
Let be a Noetherian ring, let
be a Noetherian
-module and let
be a system of generators of
. The module of syzygies (relations)
of
is the module of relations for
, i.e. the
-module of vectors
,
, which satisfy the condition
. Inductively one defines the
-th module of syzygies by
(where
). It may also be described in a different manner as an exact sequence, known as a chain of syzygies:
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where are free
-modules of finite type. In its modern interpretation, Hilbert's syzygies theorem is formulated as follows: If
is a local regular ring of dimension
, the
-th module of syzygies of an arbitrary Noetherian
-module is a free module. This is equivalent to saying that any
-module has a free resolution of length
or that
has global projective dimension
. This property is characteristic of regular rings [2].
The global variant of Hilbert's syzygies theorem: Over a regular ring (e.g. over a ring of polynomials) any
-module of finite type has a projective (but not necessarily free) resolution of finite length.
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die Theorie der algebraischen Formen" Math. Ann. , 36 (1890) pp. 473–534 MR1510634 Zbl 22.0133.01 |
[2] | J.-P. Serre, "Sur la dimension homologique des anneaux et des modules noethériens" S. Iyanaga (ed.) Y. Kawada (ed.) , Proc. Internat. Symp. Algebraic Number Theory , Sci. Council Tokyo (1955) pp. 175–189 MR0086071 Zbl 0073.26004 |
[3] | J.-P. Serre, "Algèbre locale. Multiplicités" , Lect. notes in math. , 11 , Springer (1965) MR0201468 Zbl 0142.28603 |
[4] | O. Zariski, P. Samuel, "Commutative algebra" , 1 , Springer (1975) MR0389876 MR0384768 Zbl 0313.13001 |
V.I. Danilov
Hilbert's theorem on cyclic extensions
Hilbert's theorem )
Let be a cyclic extension of a field
with cyclic Galois group
and let
be the generator of
; the norm
of an element
is then equal to one if and only if there exists a non-zero element
satisfying the condition
. In a similar manner, the trace
is zero if and only if
can be represented in the form
,
, [1], [2], [3].
Hilbert's theorem may be considered as a consequence of a more general theorem on the cohomology of Galois groups [4]. In fact, if is a Galois extension of a field
with Galois group
, then the multiplicative group
of
has the structure of a
-module, and the first cohomology group
vanishes. In the same manner, if
,
(cf. Galois cohomology).
Another generalization of Hilbert's theorem is Grothendieck's descent theorem; one of its applications in étale topology, which is also known as Hilbert's theorem , states that the étale cohomology groups
of a scheme
with values in a sheaf of multiplicative groups
is isomorphic to the Picard group
of classes of invertible sheafs on
[5].
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Die Theorie der algebraischen Zahlkörper" Jahresber. Deutsch. Math.-Verein , 4 (1897) pp. 175–546 Zbl 28.0157.05 |
[2] | S. Lang, "Algebra" , Addison-Wesley (1974) MR0783636 Zbl 0712.00001 |
[3] | N. Bourbaki, "Elements of mathematics. Algebra: Algebraic structures. Linear algebra" , 1 , Addison-Wesley (1974) pp. Chapt.1;2 (Translated from French) MR0354207 |
[4] | J.-P. Serre, "Cohomologie Galoisienne" , Springer (1964) MR0180551 Zbl 0128.26303 |
[5] | M. Artin (ed.) A. Grothendieck (ed.) J.-L. Verdier (ed.) , Théorie des topos et cohomologie étale des schémas (SGA 4) , Lect. notes in math. , 269; 270; 305 , Springer (1972–1973) |
V.I. Danilov
Hilbert's theorem on the existence of an absolute extremum
Let
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be the functional of a variational problem in parametric form, where is a positive-definite function of the first degree in
which is three times continuously differentiable with respect to all arguments for all
from a domain
and all
which meet the condition
. It also assumed that
for all
and all
with
(i.e. the functional
is positive definite), and also that the sets
are strictly convex with respect to
for all
in a closed convex subdomain
(i.e. the functional
is regular or elliptic).
Under the above assumptions it is possible to find for any two points and
in
a curve which is the absolute minimum over all rectifiable curves for
.
The theorem was obtained by D. Hilbert in 1899.
References
[1] | N.I. Akhiezer, "The calculus of variations" , Blaisdell (1962) (Translated from Russian) MR0142019 Zbl 0718.49001 |
V.M. Tikhomirov
Hilbert's theorem on invariants
A theorem that establishes that the algebra of all polynomials on the complex vector space of forms of degree in
variables which are invariant with respect to the action of the general linear group
, defined by linear substitutions of these variables, is finitely generated. The first proof of the theorem using Hilbert's basis theorem as well as formal processes of the theory of invariants, was given in [1] (cf. also Invariants, theory of). D. Hilbert [2] gave a constructive proof of this theorem.
Hilbert's theorem is the first fundamental theorem of the theory of invariants for the -th symmetric degree of the standard representation of
. The proof of Hilbert's theorem stimulated the formulation of the problem of finite generation of algebras of invariants for subgroups of
and also the formulation of Hilbert's 14th problem. It was proved by H. Weyl, who employed the theory of integration on groups, that the algebra of invariants is finitely generated for any finite-dimensional representation of a compact Lie group or a complex semi-simple Lie group [3].
Hilbert's theorem is also the name usually given to the following generalization. If is an algebra of finite type over a field
, if
is the geometrically reductive group of its
-automorphisms and if
is the subalgebra of all
-invariant elements in
, then
is also of finite type over
[4], [5].
References
[1] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die Theorie der algebraischen Formen" Math. Ann. , 36 (1890) pp. 473–534 MR1510634 Zbl 22.0133.01 |
[2] | D. Hilbert, "Ueber die vollen Invariantensysteme" Math. Ann. , 42 (1893) pp. 313–373 MR1510781 Zbl 25.0173.01 |
[3] | H. Weyl, "The classical groups, their invariants and representations" , Princeton Univ. Press (1946) MR0000255 Zbl 1024.20502 |
[4] | D. Mumford, "Geometric invariant theory" , Springer (1965) MR0214602 Zbl 0147.39304 |
[5] | M. Nagata, "Invariants of a group in an affine ring" J. Math. Kyoto Univ. , 3 (1964) pp. 369–377 MR0179268 Zbl 0146.04501 |
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