Questions tagged [galois-theory]
Galois theory, named after Évariste Galois, provides a connection between field theory and group theory. Using Galois theory, certain problems in field theory can be reduced to group theory, which is, in some sense, simpler and better understood.
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How to understand Galois Representations as an undergraduate? [closed]
I am looking to doing my undergraduate thesis on Galois Representation Theory.
I am currently taking a class in Galois Theory and learning Algebraic Geometry independently.
Are there any resources ...
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Who was the first to prove that the automorphism group of a finite field is cyclic and is generated by the Frobenius automorphism?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Aut{Aut}$It is well-known that the automorphism group $\Aut(F)$ of a finite field $F$ of characteristic $p$ is cyclic of order $n$ where $|F|=p^n$. Moreover, the cyclic group $\...
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Constructing a cyclic extension $L$ with given local behavior of a global field $K$ such that $L$ is normal over a subfield $F$ of $K$
Let $F$ be a global field without real places
(that is, a function field or a totally imaginary number field).
Let $K/F$ be a cyclic extension of degree $n$.
Let $S$ be a ${\rm Gal}(K/F)$-invariant ...
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Trying to understand the topology of the Weil group for the local Langlands conjecture
I am trying to study the representation of the Weil group from the book "The Local Langlands Conjecture for $GL(2)$". I have some problem with the topology of this group.
Let $F$ be a non ...
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Normality in a tower of cyclic extensions of global fields, as in Artin-Tate
Let $L_0$ be a global field without real places, that is, a global function field or a totally imaginary number field,
and let $V_f(L_0)$ denote the set of finite (that is, non-archimedean) places of $...
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Degree 6 Galois extension over $\mathbb{Q} $
Let L be the splitting field of $ x^3- 2$ over $ \mathbb{Q}$. Then $ G=\operatorname{Gal}(L/K) \cong S_3$. Let $\sigma\in G$ such that the fixed field of $ \sigma$ is $\mathbb{Q}(2^{1/3})$. Let $x,y\...
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Class numbers in the unramified biquadratic extensions of number fields
Let $K/k$ be an unramified biquadratic extension of number fields (i.e., $\operatorname{Gal}(K/k)\simeq V_4$), and $k_1$, $k_2$ and $k_3$ its three intermediate fields. I know, in general, we can ...
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Prime splitting in the division field of an elliptic curve
Let $E/\mathbb{Q}$ be an elliptic curve with good reduction at two distinct primes $p, \ell$. Suppose the mod $\ell$ Galois representation associated to $E$ is surjective. Let $K=\mathbb{Q}(E[\ell])$ ...
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Understanding absolute Galois group from its representations
Background. A major theme of modern number theory is to study the absolute Galois group $\text{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb Q} / \mathbb Q)$. Galois representation theory attempts to understand $\text{Gal}(\...
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Distinct characters with the same character values, outer automorphisms and Galois conjugation
Given an (irreducible complex) character of a finite group the following three construction all yield another irreducible character of the same degree:
multiplying by a degree 1 character
applying an ...
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Distinguishing between prime factors of cubic discriminant and polynomial discriminant
Let $f(x)\in\mathbb{Q}[x]$ be an irrreducible cubic with root $\alpha$. Let $K=\mathbb{Q}(\alpha)$. There may be primes dividing $\text{disc}(f)$ that don't divide $\operatorname{disc}(K)$, so an ...
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What was the "stormy discussion" about differential Galois theory at IHES?
In Kazuo Okamoto and Yousuke Ohyama's paper "Mathematical works of Hiroshi Umemura", Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques, XXIX, no. 5 (2020) pp. 1053-1062, there is ...
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A question on algebraic independence
Let $f_1,f_2,\ldots,f_n, g \in \mathbb{F}_q[x_1,...,x_m]$. Assume that $f_1,\ldots,f_n$ vanish at $0$, so that $\mathbb{F}_q[[f_1,...,f_n]]$ is a subring of $\mathbb{F}_q[[x_1,...,x_n]]$. Suppose that ...
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How do "Kummer closures" of fields look?
Let $F$ be a field and $A$ a finite abelian group. You can ask: does the regular representation $F[A]$ of $A$ split as a direct sum of 1-dimensional representations? This is equivalent to the ...
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Abelian extensions of the rationals
Let $E$ and $F$ be finite abelian extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $E\cap F=\mathbb{Q}$. (You could take $E$ and $F$ as cyclotomic fields if that makes my question easier.) Set $K:=EF$ (the field ...
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Can K$_3$ of finite fields be related to Teichmüller cocycles?
This is sort of a blind shot, but...
For a ring $R$, its third algebraic K-group is given by $\operatorname K_3(R)=H_3(\operatorname{St}(R))$.
To simplify matters, let $R$ be a finite field $\mathbb ...
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A normal extension of a number field of given degree that does not split over a given set of finite places
Let $K$ be a number field and $S$ be a finite set of non-archimedean places of $K$. Let $n>1$ be a natural number.
Question. Does there exist a normal extension $L/K$ of degree $n$ such that $L\...
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Non-abelian ray class fields for local fields
Let $K$ be a non-Archimedean local field. Then, thanks to work of Koch (when $K$ has positive characteristic) and Jannsen-Wingberg (when $K$ has characteristic zero, and odd residual characteristic) ...
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Squares in division ring extensions $\ell/k$ with $[\ell:k] = 2$
Let $k$ and $\ell$ be division rings such that $\ell$ contains $k$, and $[\ell : k] = 2$. When do I know that there is an element $a \in k$ such that $x^2 = a$ has solutions in $\ell$, but not in $k$?
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For a quadratic extension $E/K$, condition on a character $\chi:E^\times/E^{\times 2} \to C_2$ to give a $C_4$-extension $L/K$
Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_2$, and let $E/K$ be a quadratic extension. By local class field theory, quadratic extensions $L/E$ correspond to quadratic characters $\chi:E^\times \to ...
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Extensions of p-adic number fields
Let $p$ be a prime number and $\mathbb{Q}_p$ be the $p-$adic rational field. Let $E/\mathbb{Q}_p$ be a fixed finite extension. On this site, I define a finite extension $F/E$ to be "good" if ...
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Absolute Galois cohomology of function fields (of high-dimensional) varieties
What is known about the absolute Galois cohomology of function fields of varieties of dimension 2 or larger? Specifically, I am interested in multiplicative coefficients $\mathbb G_m$.
I have seen ...
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Existence of a symmetric matrix satisfying certain irreducible conditions
Let $K$ be a field such that $ \mathrm{char}(K) \neq 2 $. Let $ p(x) $ be an arbitrary irreducible polynomial over $K$ of degree $n$. Using the rational canonical form, we can always construct an $ n ...
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Galois connection for homeomorphisms
let $M = \mathbb{R^2}$ and $X = \{0\}$ and $G = Aut_X(M)$ the group of homeorphisms fixing $X$ (pointwise). Then we have, in analogy to classical Galois theory for field extensions, a Galois ...
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Global class field theory and closure of unit groups
I'm looking for a reference for the following facts from global class field theory that I found without proofs. I will state them as questions, just in case I get the statement wrong. We fix $K$ a ...
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A subgroup of index 2 for a solvable finite group transitively acting on a finite set of cardinality $2m$ where $m$ is odd
Let $G$ be a finite group acting transitively on the finite set $X=\{1,2,\dots, 2m\}$
of cardinality $2m\ge 6$ where $m$ is odd.
Question 1. Is it true that $G$ always has a subgroup $H$ of index 2
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Is there work on differential Galois theory and infinite operators?
I'm curious about differential Galois theory and I've noticed that everything I read covers only finite order operators (e.g. $L = Y^n + a_{n-1} Y^{n-1} + \dots + a_0 Y$). Has there been any work on ...
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A cyclic Galois extension over $ \mathbb{Q}(\omega)$
It is known that $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-1})$ does not live in a cyclic Galois extension $L$ of $\mathbb{Q}$ of degree $4$. For example, the image of complex conjugation in $\mathrm{Gal}(L/\mathbb{Q}) = \...
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Existence of linear disjointness between an algebraic number field and $p$-cyclotomic field over $ \mathbb{Q}$
Suppose $ K $ be an algebraic number field and $ n $ be an even integer. Is it possible to find atleast one $ p $ such that $ p\equiv 1( \text{mod}~ n)$ and $ \mathbb{Q}(\eta_p) $ is linearly disjoint ...
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Chinese remainder theorem for composition
Let $f(x) \in F_p[x]$ and I know $f(x)$ modulo two polynomials $\phi_1(x)$ and $\phi_2(x)$. What sort of information about $f$ modulo the composition $\phi_1(\phi_2(x))$ can I recover?
I'm looking ...
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E=F(E^p) implies extension is algebraic
Let $F$ be a field of characteristic $p$ and $E/F$ be a finitely generated field extension such that $E=F(E^p)$. Then show that $E/F$ is algebraic.
I have proven it in case $E$ is singly generated ...
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If degree $N$ polynomials always have a root, does there still exist an irreducible polynomial of degree $N+1$?
Given that $F$ is a field, let $F_n$ be the completion of $F$ with respect to roots of degree $n$ polynomials. For example this would make $\mathbb{Q}_2$ the field of (ruler and compass) constructible ...
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Unramified extension over $ \mathbb{Q}_{p} $
Let $\mathbb{Q}_{p}$ be a p-adic field such that $ p \neq 2 $. We knew that for every $ n=2m $ there exists exactly one unramified extension $ K $ of $ \mathbb{Q}_{p} $ of degree $ n $, obtained by ...
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What, if anything, do we hope and expect to understand about (classical) Galois groups?
I was reading Franz Lemmermeyer's introduction to Fermat's Last and Wiles' Theorem, where he states
Galois representations $\rho_p : G_\mathbb Q\rightarrow GL_2(\mathbb Z_p)$ are used for studying ...
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Can Langlands correpondence be restated using topos?
Langlands correspondence describes an equivalence between Galois representations and automorphic representations under some conditions.
Laurent Lafforgue applying Olivia Caramello thesis described in ...
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Good and bad reduction for twists of algebraic curves
Suppose we have two curves $C/\mathbb{Q}$ and $C'/\mathbb{Q}$ which are twists of each other i.e. they are isomorphic over a field extension $K/\mathbb{Q}$.
Suppose that $C$ has good reduction at a ...
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Automorphism of positive characteristic field
Suppose $K$ is a field with $\text{char}(K) \geq 0$. Let $L$ be a cyclic extension of $K$ with degree $2n$. We consider the generator $\sigma$ of the Galois group $\text{Gal}(L/K)$.
I am interested in ...
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irreducibility of the polynomial $ x^4 +1 $
Let $K$ be a field. We consider the polynomial $f(x) = x^4 + 1$. It is known that $f(x)$ is irreducible over $\mathbb{Q}$ but reducible over any finite field. Thus $ f(x)$ is reducible over any field $...
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Galois action on algebraic K-theory of finite fields
This might be well-known to experts. I was just teaching a course where we went through some parts of Quillen's theorem computing the higher algebraic K-theory of finite fields. Denote by $\mathbb F_q$...
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Fields in which $ -1 $ can't be written as sum of two square elements
We say a field $F$ has the property $*$ if the equation $x^2 + y^2=-1$ has no solution in $F$. For an example if $F$ is a subfield of real numbers then $F$ satisfies $*$. On the other hand if $ F $ is ...
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Statistics of action of Galois group of number field on primes over unramified rational primes
Let $p \in \mathbb{Z}$ be prime and $K / \mathbb{Q}$ be a finite Galois extension. The Galois group $G$ of $K$ acts on the primes of $\mathcal{O}_K$ over $p$. Do we know any statistical information ...
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A variant of the inverse Galois problem
In Theorem I of Construction of maximal unramified p-extensions with prescribed Galois groups, it's proved that
for any prime $p$ and any given finite $p$-group $G$, there exists a number field $F$ ...
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How often does algebraic-conjugacy imply conjugacy?
Recall that two elements $h_1,h_2$ of a finite group $G$ are called conjugate when $h_2 = gh_1 g^{-1}$ for some $g \in G$, and algebraic-conjugate when $h_2 = gh_1^a g^{-1}$ for some $a \in (\mathbb{Z}...
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Algebraically closed fields with only finite orbits
The automorphism groups $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{F}_q}/\mathbb{F}_q)$ of algebraic closures of finite fields $\mathbb{F}_q$ and the absolute Galois group $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/\...
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If $H$ is a quotient of $G$, does there exist an $H$-extension of $\mathbb{Q}$ not contained in a $G$-extension?
Let $\phi\colon G\rightarrow H$ be a surjective homomorphism between finite groups. Assume that $\phi$ is not split, in other words there exists no homomorphism $\sigma\colon H\rightarrow G$ such that ...
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Not containing $ 2^{i}$-th primitive roots of unity in cyclic galois extension of number field
Suppose $K$ is an algebraic number field. We want to determine whether, for all even $n$, there always exists a cyclic Galois extension $L$ of degree $n$ over $K$ such that the intermediate field $K_2$...
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Norm of $2^{i}$-th primitive root
Let $ K $ be finite degree extension of $ \mathbb{Q} $ such that $ -1 $ is not a square in $ K $. Let $ L = \frac{K[x]}{\langle x^2 +1\rangle}$. Thus every element of $ L $ is of the form $ a + ib $ ...
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Splitting fields of degree 4 irreducible polynomials containing a fixed quadratic extension
Let $f_1(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ be a fixed irreducible degree 4 polynomial such that its splitting field $F_1$ is an $S_4$-Galois extension over $\mathbb{Q}$ and the discriminant of $F_1$ is of the form ...
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Is a generic genus $g \geq 7$ curve a solvable cover of $\mathbb{P}^1$?
Let $Y \to X$ be a finite branched cover of smooth projective curves over $\mathbb{C}$, so we get a finite extension $K(Y)/K(X)$ where $K(\ )$ is the field of meromorphic functions. Say that $Y \to X$ ...
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On Ramanujan's pi formula $\frac 1\pi=\sum_{k=0}^\infty\frac {(4k)!}{k!^4}\frac {Ak+B}{396^{4k}}$ and the solvable quintic $z^5-5z-396 = 0$?
I. Four quintics?
The general quintic can be transformed in radicals to at least three one-parameter forms. For simplicity, assume this free parameter to be some generic "alpha". Hence,
$$x^...