English
If R has characteristic p and is a domain (i.e., has no zero divisors), then the Witt vectors 𝕎_p(R) also have no zero divisors.
Русский
Если R имеет характеристику p и является областью, то 𝕎_p(R) тоже не содержит делителей нуля.
LaTeX
$$$\text{If } \operatorname{Char}(R) = p \text{ and } \mathrm{NoZeroDivisors}(R), \; \mathrm{NoZeroDivisors}(\mathbb{W}_p(R)).$$$
Lean4
instance [CharP R p] [NoZeroDivisors R] : NoZeroDivisors (𝕎 R) :=
⟨fun {x y} => by
contrapose!
rintro ⟨ha, hb⟩
rcases verschiebung_nonzero ha with ⟨na, wa, hwa0, rfl⟩
rcases verschiebung_nonzero hb with ⟨nb, wb, hwb0, rfl⟩
refine ne_of_apply_ne (fun x => x.coeff (na + nb)) ?_
dsimp only
rw [iterate_verschiebung_mul_coeff, zero_coeff]
exact mul_ne_zero (pow_ne_zero _ hwa0) (pow_ne_zero _ hwb0)⟩