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@jano-wol jano-wol commented Apr 3, 2026

Trace-nilpotency criterion

This PR proves that over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, given subspaces A ≤ B of Module.End K V and the set M A B = {x | ∀ b ∈ B, ⁅x, b⁆ ∈ A}, any x ∈ M A B satisfying tr (x * y) = 0 for all y ∈ M A B is nilpotent.

Cartan's criterion proof overview following Humphreys, Ch. 4, pp. 31–32. We plan to deliver the proof in 3 steps:

  1. This PR: Prove the trace-nilpotency criterion over algebraically closed fields. Uses Jordan–Chevalley decomposition, Lagrange interpolation.

  2. Remove the algebraic closure assumption by scalar extension.

  3. Prove Cartan's criterion by Engel's theorem + PR 2. This is the easiest out of the three steps.

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PR summary 7d9358ee9d

Import changes for modified files

No significant changes to the import graph

Import changes for all files
Files Import difference
Mathlib.Algebra.Lie.AdjointAction.JordanChevalley (new file) 1759
Mathlib.Algebra.Lie.NilpotentOfTrace (new file) 1812

Declarations diff

+ M
+ Module.End.aeval_apply_of_mem_eigenspace
+ Module.End.eval_zero_of_aeval_apply_eq_zero
+ ad_diag_basis
+ ad_mem_adjoin_of_isNilpotent
+ ad_mem_adjoin_of_isSemisimple
+ eval_zero_of_aeval_ad_eq
+ exists_polynomial_eval_sub
+ isNilpotent_of_trace_orthogonal_algClosed

You can run this locally as follows
## summary with just the declaration names:
./scripts/pr_summary/declarations_diff.sh <optional_commit>

## more verbose report:
./scripts/pr_summary/declarations_diff.sh long <optional_commit>

The doc-module for scripts/pr_summary/declarations_diff.sh contains some details about this script.


No changes to technical debt.

You can run this locally as

./scripts/reporting/technical-debt-metrics.sh pr_summary
  • The relative value is the weighted sum of the differences with weight given by the inverse of the current value of the statistic.
  • The absolute value is the relative value divided by the total sum of the inverses of the current values (i.e. the weighted average of the differences).

@github-actions github-actions bot added the t-algebra Algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc) label Apr 3, 2026
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