The adjugate criterion for inner twisted derivations

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Let pp be an odd prime, let K=Q(ζ)K=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta) with OK=Z[ζ]O_K=\mathbb{Z}[\zeta], and let AA be the matrix defined by

β(τ−σ)(ζ)=∑i=0p−2(∑j=0p−2aijbj)ζi\beta(\tau-\sigma)(\zeta)=\sum_{i=0}^{p-2}\left(\sum_{j=0}^{p-2}a_{ij}b_j\right)\zeta^i

for β=∑i=0p−2biζi∈K\beta=\sum_{i=0}^{p-2}b_i\zeta^i\in K. Let DD be a (σ,τ)(\sigma,\tau)-derivation of OKO_K with

D(ζ)=∑i=0p−2ciζi∈OK,D(\zeta)=\sum_{i=0}^{p-2}c_i\zeta^i\in O_K,

and write CT=(c0 c1 … cp−2)C^T=(c_0\ c_1\ \ldots\ c_{p-2}). The adjugate criterion. With these notations, DD is inner if and only if

1pAdj⁡(A)C∈Zp−1.\frac{1}{p}\operatorname{Adj}(A)C\in\mathbb{Z}^{p-1}.

In particular, OKO_K has non-trivial outer (σ,τ)(\sigma,\tau)-derivations, and if pp divides every cic_i, then DD is inner. The source presents this as a consequence of the determinant conjecture and reports no proof of the conjecture itself.

References

Primary source

Praveen Manju and Rajendra Kumar Sharma, “(σ, τ)-Derivations of Number Rings with Coding Theory Applications”, arXiv:2412.03500 (2026).

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