#11586: bug in p-adic extension norm method
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   Reporter:  was     |          Owner:  roed      
       Type:  defect  |         Status:  new       
   Priority:  major   |      Milestone:  sage-4.7.2
  Component:  padics  |       Keywords:            
Work_issues:          |       Upstream:  N/A       
   Reviewer:          |         Author:            
     Merged:          |   Dependencies:            
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 {{{
 R.<x> = QQ[]
 f = x^2 + 3*x + 1
 K = Qp(7)
 M.<a> = K.extension(f)
 M(7).norm()
 }}}
 The above outputs {{{1 + O(7^20)}}}, which is completely wrong.  The norm
 should be {{{7^2 + O(7^20)}}}, I think -- anyways, it should be divisible
 by 7.

 The problem is that the actual code for the norm, which ones sees by
 typing {{{a.norm??}}} assumes that the generator for M is in fact a
 generator for the maximal ideal of the ring of integers.  However, this
 assumption is just completely false.

 Typing {{{a.norm???}}} we see
 {{{
 ...
     norm_of_uniformizer = (-1)**self.parent().degree() *
 self.parent().defining_polynomial()[0]
     if self.valuation() == 0:
         return
 self.parent().ground_ring()(self.unit_part().matrix_mod_pn().det())
     else:
         return
 self.parent().ground_ring()(self.unit_part().matrix_mod_pn().det()) *
 norm_of_uniformizer**self.valuation()
 }}}

 The above is wrong as mentioned above.  Moreover, it is nonoptimal in that
 norm_of_uniformizer is computed but never used in the case when
 {{{self.valuation()==0}}}.

 This bug caused some confusion when computing with p-adic L-series for a
 research paper...

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11586>
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