THM0087canonicalv1S^1 as Profinite Limit
S^1 as Profinite Limit
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S^1 as Profinite Limit
S^1 as Profinite Limit
S^1 as Profinite Limit
Summary
S^1 as Profinite Limit
Statement
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\label{thm:circle-profinite}
For each coordinate axis $X \in \{A, B, C\}$:
\begin{enumerate}
\item[\textup{(i)}]
The angular denotation map
$\mathrm{den}^X : \mathcal{S}^X \to S^1$
is a continuous surjection
of topological groups.
\item[\textup{(ii)}]
The image
$\mathrm{den}^X(\mathcal{S}^X) = S^1$:
every point on the classical circle
is the limit of some coherent
angular sequence.
\item[\textup{(iii)}]
$S^1$ is recovered as the
\textbf{Archimedean angular limit}:
\[
\boxed{%
S^1
\;\cong\;
\varprojlim_k\;
\frac{1}{Q_k^X}\,\mathbb{Z}
\Big/
\mathbb{Z}
\;=\;
\Bigl\{\,
(\theta_k)_{k \geq 1}
\;\Big|\;
\theta_k \in \tfrac{1}{Q_k^X}\mathbb{Z}/\mathbb{Z},\;
\theta_k \equiv \theta_{k+1}
\!\!\!\pmod{1/Q_k^X}
\,\Bigr\}.}
\]
Every element of this angular inverse limit
determines a unique point on~$S^1$:
the common value of the nested arcs.
\item[\textup{(iv)}]
No uncountable continuum is needed:
$S^1$ arises from countable approximations
(consistent with I.T35, Book~I).
\end{enumerate}
Proof / Justification
\textbf{(i).}
Continuity of $\mathrm{den}^X$ follows from
the ultrametric estimate:
if $(c_k) = (c_k')$ for $k \leq K$,
then $|\theta_K^X - \theta_K'^X| \leq 1/Q_K^X$,
so the images are within $1/Q_K^X$ on~$S^1$.
Group homomorphism: componentwise addition maps
to addition of angles.
\smallskip
\noindent\textbf{(ii).}
Surjectivity: for any $\theta \in S^1 = [0,1)$,
define $c_k$ by the CRT reconstruction
of $\lfloor \theta \cdot Q_k^X \rfloor$
modulo the primes $p_{j(1)}, \ldots, p_{j(k)}$.
The resulting coherent sequence maps to~$\theta$.
(This uses the density of the grids
$\frac{1}{Q_k^X}\mathbb{Z}/\mathbb{Z}$
in~$S^1$.)
\smallskip
\noindent\textbf{(iii).}
The angular inverse limit is defined
by the same nested-arc construction
as Theorem~\ref{thm:real-inverse-limit}
for lines,
but on the quotient $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$
instead of~$\mathbb{R}$.
Each coherent sequence $(\theta_k)$
determines a nested sequence of arcs
of length $1/Q_k^X$,
whose intersection is a single point on~$S^1$.
\smallskip
\noindent\textbf{(iv).}
At each stage, the grid
$\frac{1}{Q_k^X}\mathbb{Z}/\mathbb{Z}$
is finite (cardinality~$Q_k^X$).
The inverse limit is constructed
from countable data
with coherence constraints.
The same reasoning as in
Chapter~\ref{ch:lines-countable},
Section~\ref{sec:ch23-no-uncountable}
applies: Cantor's diagonal
is inapplicable to this structured construction
(I.T35, Book~I).
Source Context
- Registry source:
book-02.jsonlline 64 - Manuscript source:
2nd-edition/book-ii-categorical-holomorphy/02_mainmatter/part05/ch24-circles-solenoidal.texlines 287-331
Lean / Formalization Notes
- Formalization:
formalized - Module:
TauLib.BookII.Transcendentals.Circles - Name:
circle_profinite_check
Dependencies
- Canonical: II.D26, II.T20
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Revision Notes
- 2026-04-24: Initial pilot migration.
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