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Knot group of a field extension
Notation:
$L/K$, finite extension of global fields
$K^\times$, unit group of $K$
$L^\times$, units group of $L$
$\mathbb{A}_L^\times$, ideles of $L$
$N_{L/K}$, the norm map
The knot group of an ...
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What are "Artin fractions"?
The German Wikipedia entry for Ernst Witt https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Witt has a photo of his grave in Hamburg. The bottom part has a visible text "Artin Brueche" (Artin fractions) but the ...