On the boundedness of $k$-algebra homomorphisms between $k$-affinoid algebras

Abstract

Let $k$ be a complete non-archimedean non-trivial valued field. In this paper, we investigate whether every $k$-algebra homomorphism between $k$-affinoid algebras is automatically bounded. We show that this property holds if and only if either $|k^\times|^\mathbb{Q} = \mathbb{R}_{>0}$ holds, or $k$ has positive characteristic and is $F$-finite.