Subtraction of fixed-degree effective Weil divisors #
This file records the residual effective divisor obtained by subtracting an effective
sub-divisor from a fixed-degree effective Weil divisor. If E ≤ D, with D of degree e
and E of degree d, then D - E is effective of degree e - d. The cancellation lemmas
show that adding the residual back recovers the original divisor, up to the unavoidable casts
in the natural-number degree index.
This is formal divisor bookkeeping for the Jacobian challenge roadmap's Layer C symmetric-power
lane (TauCetiRoadmap/JacobianChallenge/README.md, "Relative effective Cartier divisors and
symmetric powers Symᵈ X"). The scheme-level construction is later geometry; this file supplies
the elementary residual-divisor API used when separating a fixed effective base divisor from an
unordered collection of points. No external mathematics is vendored.
The residual fixed-degree effective divisor D - E, defined when E ≤ D.
If D has degree e and E has degree d, the residual has degree e - d.
Instances For
The underlying Weil divisor of a residual fixed-degree divisor is the difference of the underlying Weil divisors.
The coefficient of a residual fixed-degree divisor is the difference of coefficients.
The multiplicity function of a residual divisor is the truncated difference of the multiplicity functions.
The finitely supported multiplicity representation of a residual divisor is the truncated difference of the representations of the original divisors.
Under the symmetric-power equivalence, a residual divisor is represented by the truncated difference of multiplicity functions.
The degree of the residual divisor is the difference of the degree indices.
Adding a sub-divisor back to its residual recovers the original divisor, up to the cast
identifying d + (e - d) with e.
Adding the residual on the left also recovers the original divisor, up to the cast
identifying (e - d) + d with e.
Subtracting the zero fixed-degree divisor leaves the original divisor, up to the cast
identifying d - 0 with d.
Subtracting a fixed-degree divisor from itself gives the zero residual divisor.