The $k$-subspace $A(D) + F \subseteq \mathbb{A}_F$: the sum of the adele divisor space $A(D)$ and the principal adeles (the image of $F$ embedded diagonally).
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The $k$-subspace $A(D) \cap F$ inside $\mathbb{A}_F$: elements of the function field that satisfy the divisor bounds at every place.
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Monotonicity of the $A(D) + F$ subspaces in the divisor: $A \le B$ implies $A(A) + F \subseteq A(B) + F$.
Riemann-Roch space $L(D) = \{f \in F \mid \mathrm{ord}_p(f) \ge -D(p) \text{ for all } p\}$ realized as the preimage of $A(D)$ under the diagonal embedding $F \hookrightarrow \mathbb{A}_F$.
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For the zero divisor, $L(0)$ consists of constants: $L(0) \subseteq k$ (via the algebra map $k \hookrightarrow F$).
$L(0)$ is finite-dimensional over $k$: it is contained in the $k$-algebra-image of $k$ inside $F$.
Monotonicity of Riemann-Roch spaces: $D \le D'$ implies $L(D) \subseteq L(D')$.
Inductive step for finite-dimensionality of $L(D)$: if $L(D)$ is finite-dimensional and $D \le D'$, then $L(D')$ is finite-dimensional, using Lemma 22.8 to bound $L(D')/L(D)$ inside $A(D')/A(D)$.
Lemma 22.9 (a). For any divisor $D$, the Riemann-Roch space $L(D)$ is finite-dimensional over the constant field $k$.
The diagonal embedding $F \hookrightarrow \mathbb{A}_F$ is injective when the set of places is nonempty.
Identification of $L(D)$ with $A(D) \cap F$ under the diagonal embedding: the image of $L(D)$ in $\mathbb{A}_F$ is precisely $A(D) \cap F$.
$A(D) \cap F$ is finite-dimensional, as image of the finite-dimensional $L(D)$ under the injective diagonal embedding.
Dimension equality: $\dim_k (A(D) \cap F) = \dim_k L(D)$, since the diagonal embedding restricts to a $k$-linear isomorphism.
The number $\ell(D) = \dim_k L(D)$, the $k$-dimension of the Riemann-Roch space attached to $D$.
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For $A \le B$, the quotient $(A(B) \cap F) / (A(A) \cap F)$ is finite-dimensional over $k$ (with the trivial case when $P$ is empty handled separately).
Dimension of the LF-quotient: for $A \le B$, $$\dim_k \big((A(B) \cap F) / (A(A) \cap F)\big) = \ell(B) - \ell(A).$$
Modular-lattice / second-isomorphism dimension identity. For submodules $A \le B$ and any $F$ of a module $M$, the dimension of $(B + F)/(A + F)$ plus the dimension of $(B \cap F)/(A \cap F)$ equals the dimension of $B/A$, and finite-dimensionality is inherited.
Additivity of divisor degree: $\deg(A + B) = \deg A + \deg B$.
Behavior of divisor degree under subtraction: $\deg(B - A) = \deg B - \deg A$.
The Riemann defect attached to a divisor $D$: $\delta(D) = \deg D + 1 - \ell(D)$, whose constant value (over varying $D$) is the genus $g$ in the Riemann-Roch theorem.
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Lemma 22.10. For divisors $A \le B$, the quotient $(A(B) + F) / (A(A) + F)$ is finite-dimensional over $k$ and its dimension is $\delta(B) - \delta(A)$, the difference of Riemann defects. Combines Lemmas 22.8 and 22.9 via the modular-lattice identity.