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 construct this non-geometric mod $p$ Galois representation?
Let $ K $ be a totally real cubic field. I am concerned with the following kind of Inverse Galois Problem:
Is there a prime $ p>5 $ and a continuous representation $ \bar{\rho}:G_{K}\to {\rm
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Can we deduce that both $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are algebraic over F if $F[\alpha,\beta]=F(\alpha,\beta)$
So after reading David Cox. book on Galois Theory, it can be shown that “Given a field F, $F[\alpha]=F(\alpha)$ if and only if $\alpha$ is algebraic over F” (See Prop. 4.1.14).
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The power of Archimedean spirals: is there an algebraic characterization of Archimedean numbers?
I asked this question over a year ago on Math.StackExchange but I didn't get an answer.
In his famous treatise On spirals, Archimedes used a spiral to square the circle and trisect an angle. There are ...
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Galois groups associated to matrices
When $A\in M_n(\mathbb{Q})$, we consider the pencil $A-xA^T$. Then $p_A(x)=\det(A-xA^T)$ is a self-reciprocal polynomial. $p_A$ can only be irreducible if $n=2p$ is even.
Question: For every $p$, does ...
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Characteristic polynomials of Cartan matrices of Lie algebras
Let $L$ be a simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$ with Cartan matrix $C_L$ (as in https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartan-Matrix )
Question 1: Is is true that the characteristic polynomial $f$ of $C_L$ ...
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$SL_2(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ extension of a local field
Let $G$ be an arbitrary open group of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ and $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Can we construct a Galois extension field $E$ of $K$ such that $\text{Gal}(E/K)\cong G$? ...
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How to (easily) obtain the splitting field for dihedral extensions
Let $f(x) \in {\mathbb Q}[x]$ be a polynomial that is irreducible over ${\mathbb Q}$ with $D_{n}$ (the dihedral group of order $2n$) as its Galois group. Let $\alpha$ be a root of $f(x)$ and put $K={\...
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Galois action on Grothendieck ring of varieties
Let $k$ be a field and let $\overline{k}$ be its algebraic closure. Let $K_0(Var/\overline{k})$ be the Grothendieck ring of algebraic varieties over $\overline{k}$.
Is it true that the natural ...
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Criteria for irreducibility using the location of complex roots
I would like to see criteria for the irreducibility of a polynomial over $\mathbb{Z}$ based (mainly) on the location of the roots of the polynomial in the complex plane. An example of such a criterion ...
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Correspondences of schemes induced by a finite Galois extension
I am trying to do the first exercises of the Mazza-Voevodsky-Weibel book Lecture Notes on Motivic Cohomology, which are some elementary results about correspondences between schemes.
Recall that if $...
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Noether's Problem and the Inverse Problem on Galois Theory
For the sake of simplicity, assume the base field $k$ as having zero characteristic. I will discuss 4 different formulations of Noether's Problem.
version 1 - original Noether's problem: Let $G<S_n$...
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Maximal abelian subgroups of absolute Galois group
For both local and global fields, we have a good handle on the abelianization of the absolute Galois group of $K$. Essentially this allows us to "understand" all maps from $G_K$ to abelian ...
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Can there be non-isomorphic fundamental groups of equivalent Galois categories?
It is known that if $(C, F)$ is a Galois category then there exists an equivalence $C \cong \pi_1(C, F)-FinSets$ between $C$ and the category of finite sets with continuous actions of $\pi_1(C, F) := ...
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To what extent are geometric methods being used to attack the inverse Galois problem?
My limited knowledge so far is that some groups have been constructed geometrically using the theory of covering spaces, then applying Hilbert irreducibility.
Is there a deeper way in which inverse ...
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Reducibility of a cubic over a number field
Given an extension $K = \mathbb{Q}(\alpha)$ by a cubic polynomial $g(x)\in \mathbb{Q}[x]$ (not necessarily Galois extension) is there a criterion for a cubic polynomial $f(x) \in K[x]$ to be reducible ...
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Finite groups arising as Galois groups of maximal unramified extension of number fields
I was wondering if it is known for which number fields the maximal unramified (non-abelian) extension is of finite degree or do we know the finite groups that arise as the Galois groups of these ...
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"sparsifying" a binary (over the field F2) matrix
Assume I have a matrix $A \in GF(2)$, i.e., $A_{i,j} \in \{0, 1\}$ and the sum is modulo 2. Is there any known algorithms/methods to sparsify (reduce the number of non-zero entries) $A$ while keeping ...
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Explicit construction of abelian wild inertial extensions of maximal tamely ramified extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$?
In Iwasawa's paper On Galois groups of local fields, he proves that if $V$ is the maximal tamely ramified extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, with Galois group $\Gamma$ over the base, then its abelianized ...
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Exact differential forms in characteristic $p>0$
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$. Suppose $1< e_i <p$ for $i=1,2, \ldots, n$ are integers ($n \ge 2$). What are the conditions on the $e_i$'s so that the ...
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Sign preserving Galois automorphisms
I have an algebraic number $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta)$, where $\zeta^n = 1$ is a root of unity (not primitive) given as a linear combination of powers of $\zeta$, i.e, $\alpha = \sum_{i=1}^k a_i \...
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Is $699 \ldots 998$ value of the Euler totient function?
Let $n_l = 7 \cdot 10^{l+1}-2 = 699\ldots 998$. I want to know if there is an $l$ such that $n_l$ can occur as the value of the Euler totient function $\varphi(n)$. For given $l$, it is easy to check ...
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Why are procyclic subgroups of Galois groups of number fields free profinite?
On p832 of Coombes, Harbater - Hurwitz familes and arithmetic Galois groups, the following is claimed:
Let $K$ be a number field, take $1 \neq \omega \in \mathrm{Gal}(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}/K)$, and let $...
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The density of quartic polynomials whose Galois group is a subgroup of $D_4$
Let $D_4$ denote the (isomorphism class of) dihedral group of 8 elements. For a given binary quartic form $f$ with integer coefficients, define $\text{Gal}(f)$ to be the Galois group of the Galois ...
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Endofunctors on the category of groups which are Galois- related to a linear map on $\mathbb{Q}[x]$
I thank J.C. and Arturo Magidin for interesting suggestions in the comments to this question
In this post the field of rational numbers is denoted by $\mathbb{Q}$. The space of polynomials with ...
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On $a+b+c= abc = n$, elliptic curves, and solvable Galois groups
Solving $a+b+c = abc = 6$ in the rationals entails solving,
$$-24a+36a^2-12a^3+a^4=z^2\tag1$$
which is birationally equivalent to an elliptic curve. It can be shown that if $a$ is a solution, then ...
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questions about the "relative fundamental group" of SGA 1 Expose XIII
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I'm reading SGA 1, obtained from http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0206203
My questions regard 4.5 and 4.5.1 (page 309) of Expose XIII.
Following "Exemples 4.4" in Expose ...
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Differential Galois number theory
Following https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/635659/can-the-error-term-involved-in-the-pnt-be-expressed-in-a-galois-theoretic-framew?noredirect=1#comment1341143_635659, I vainly tried to find ...
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On the peculiar Lagrange resolvent of the septic $7x^7+14x^4+7x^3-1=0$
Given an irreducible solvable equation $P(x)=0$ of prime degree $p>2$ with rational coefficients and $\zeta^p=1$, define the usual Lagrange resolvents of the roots $x_i$ as,
$$R_n = \big(x_1+x_2\...
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Subgroups that conjugate-cover the ambient group
Let $G$ be a finite group, and suppose that a set of proper subgroups $H_1,\dotsc,H_n$ satisfy $G=\bigcup_{g\in G}\bigcup_{i=1}^nH_i^g$, where $H_i^g$ is the conjugate of $H_i$ by $g$. In this case, ...
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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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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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Irreducibility of polynomials associated to binomial coefficients
Let $n \geq 2$.
Let $M_n$ be the $(n+1) \times (n+1)$ matrix with entries $\binom{l}{k}$ for $0 \leq l,k \leq n$ and $U_n=M_n + M_n^T$ and let $f_n(x)$ denote the characteristic polynomial of $U_n$.
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The cyclic analogue of the gonality of the superelliptic curve $s^n = t^m + 1$
For naturals $n$, $m > 1$ consider the superelliptic curve $C\!: s^n = t^m + 1$, for simplicity, over an algebraically closed field of zero characteristic or large characteristic $p \nmid n$, $m$. ...
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Dessins d'enfants and the absolute Galois group
If I am not mistaken, Alexander Grothendieck introduced dessins d'enfants as they are known today, in order to better understand the absolute Galois group $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q}...
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Proving that the fundamental group of a finite Galois category is profinite
This is sort of a cross-posting of this question of mine over on math.SE.
Suppose that I am given a finite Galois category $(\mathcal{G}, F)$, i.e. a Galois category in the sense of SGA 1. One of the ...
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Reference request: Radicial morphisms & Jacobson-Bourbaki correspondence
My name is Chemy (Przemysław). I am a PhD student at UvA (Amsterdam), and I work on projects related to foliations in algebraic geometry in positive characteristic. Therefore I am avidely reading two ...
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Is there a name for objects all of whose endomorphisms are automorphisms?
I am looking for a descriptive adjective to describe the following special property that some objects in some categories enjoy: their endomorphism monoids are groups. Of course, one way this could ...
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Existence of an irreducible polynomial that does not divide $x^n + a$
The question:
Can one characterize all fields $K$ over which there exists an irreducible polynomial $f(x)$ that does not divide a polynomial of the form $x^n + a$?
Examples:
Such a polynomial clearly ...
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Index of norm $ 1 $ subgroup in a cyclic extension
Let $L/\mathbb{Q}$ be a cyclic galois extension of degree $ 2n $ and $\sigma $ be a generator of $\operatorname{Gal}(L/\mathbb Q)$. Let $ U $ be the collection of all norm $ 1 $ elements of $L^\times$...
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On the characteristic polynomial of the Vandermonde matrix
Let $A_n$ be the $n \times n$-Vandermonde matrix (see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandermonde_matrix )viewed as a matrix over the fraction field of the polynomial ring over a field $K$ (...
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Motivic Galois correspondence
Is there a Galois correspondence in motivic Galois theory ? If so, is there a mathematical work on this correspondence that i can find on the net ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Classifying twists for a general moduli problem
Suppose $\mathfrak X$ is a (Deligne-Mumford/Artin/...) stack and denote by $|\mathfrak X(k)|$ the set of isomorphism classes of it's $k$-valued point. Can we say something in general about the fibers ...
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Linear relation between polynomial roots
Consider an irreducible polynomial $P\in\mathbb{Q}[x]$ of degree $n$ whose second leading coefficient is $0$ and $\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n$ its $n$ distincts roots. I am interested on the problem of ...
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Is there a Galois theory for deformations of curves?
I have some general questions about the deformations of Galois covers of curves. Suppose we are given a $G$-Galois cover $k[[z]]/k[[x]]$, where $k$ is algebraically closed of characteristic $p>0$. ...
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Any way around Abel's impossibility theorem?
Abel's impossibility theorem states that the roots of a general polynomial (of degree 5 or higher) cannot be written using arithmetic operations and radicals. Radicals are solutions of a specific ...
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Non-cyclic Galois groups over the field of formal Laurent series in positive characteristic
This should be an easy question, but I am unfortunately not able to give an answer, so I am sorry if this is not the appropriate level for the site.
Let $C$ be an algebraically closed field of ...
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Field K and integer n such that the etale fundamental group of (GL_n)_K is the profinite completion of GL_n(K)?
Prove or disprove:
Claim: there exists a field $K$ and an integer $n$ such that $\pi_1^{et}((GL_n)_K)$ is isomorphic to the profinite completion of the abstract group $GL_n(K)$?
Note that then $G_K \...
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Geometric fundamental group and algebraically closed residue field
my questions relates to the following talk of Tsuji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2brDj26phP0
At around 10:30 of the video, Tsuji is interrupted by a man stating that his construction does not ...
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Why does the Galois twist of this cover specialize to a certain field extension?
I didn't feel MO was the best place to ask this question, so apologies for this, but when I asked it at https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2297837/why-is-this-cubic-polynomial-generic-for-cyclic-...
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Cyclotomic Extension of a Perfectoid Space
Maybe, I am being stupid, but when I consider ramified extension of a perfectoid field with the characteristic $0$, I cannot find the correspondent field with characteristic $p$. Let me put it more ...
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