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henselization and completion

This might not be a question appropriate for this forum, I apologize in this case... Is it true that any element of the completion of a valued ring $R$ that is algebraic over the field of fractions of ...
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Galois invariants in a ring of fractional power series over a finite field

Let $\mathbf{F}_q$ be a finite field, and let $A=\mathbf{F}_q [[ x^{1/q^\infty} ]]$ be the completion of $\mathbf{F}_q[x^{1/q^\infty}]$ with respect to the $x$-adic topology. Then the $q$th power ...
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Local densities of hermitian forms

I think this is an easy question, but I need some time to introduce it. I need to apply Yumiko Hironaka's computations on local densities of hermitian forms (see 1). I would have liked to create the ...
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Automorphisms of local fields

It is an amusing coincidence (at least it appears to be a coincidence to me) that any completion of the field $\mathbb{Q}$ has trivial automorphism group as an abstract field, i.e. when ignoring the ...
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squares in dyadic local fields

Hello, By the local square theorem I know that $1+4\alpha$ is square if $|\alpha|<1$ ($\alpha$ is not a unit). Now, Can I always get a unit $\alpha$ such that $1+4\alpha$ is not a square ?? For ...
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A remark of Mordell alluding to a local/global principle for cubic Diophantine equations

In Mordell Diophantine Equations he says: In recent years it has been shown that there seems to be a close connection between the number of solutions of f(x,y) = 0 (mod $p^r$) and the existence of ...
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Image of norm map for local field

Let $F$ be a finite extension of $Q_2$ (2-adic field) or $F_2((x))$ (function field). Let $E/F$ be a separable extension of degree $2$. What is the image of the norm map $N_{E/F}$? In particular - ...
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Conductors of Weil-Deligne representations

Suppose $(V,N)$ is an $n$-dimensional semisimple $WD$ representation of $W_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$. This corresponds under local Langlands to an admissable representation $\pi$ of $GL_n(\mathbb{Q}_p)$. Is ...
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Given $v,w$ primes of $k$, is there $K/k$ so $K_v\cap\Bbb Q^\text{cycl}=K_w\cap\Bbb Q^\text{cycl}=K\cap\Bbb Q^\text{cycl}$?

For any field $k$, let $\mu(k)$ denote the roots of unity in $k$. Now let $k$ be a number field and let $v, w$ be non-archimedean primes of $k$ with distinct residual characteristics. Does there ...
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Is there any approximated version of Hilbert 90?

Suppose $K$ is a local field and $L$ a finite cyclic extension of $K$. By Hilbert 90, we know that if an element $a$ in $ L$ such that $N_{L / K}(a) =1 $ then $ a = b / \sigma(b) $ for some $b$ in $L$ ...
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Why isn't there a structure with two primes?

I don't know whether this question is a bit too vague for MO or not, so feel free to delete it if you see fit. The p-adic integer is defined by taking the inverse limit $\ldots \mathbb{Z} / p^2 \...
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Computing (on a computer) higher ramification groups and/or conductors of representations.

I am supervising an undergraduate for a project in which he's going to talk about the relationship between Galois representations and modular forms. We decided we'd figure out a few examples of weight ...
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Learning Class Field Theory: Local or Global First?

I've noticed that there seem to be two approaches to learning class field theory. The first is to first learn about local fields and local class field theory, and then prove the basic theorems about ...
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