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Unramified Galois cohomology

Let $k$ be a local field with absolute Galois group $\Gamma_k$, inertia subgroup $I_k \subset \Gamma_k$, and residue field $\mathbb{F}$. Let $M$ be a finite Galois module over $k$. The unramified ...
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Is there any counterexample of the statement that the residue field extension of a separable extension is also separable?

Recently I'm reading Serre's Local Fields, and in page 22 (English version) he says that The residue field extension $\overline L/\overline{K}$ is separable in each of the following cases (which ...
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Is the exponent of $2$ in the Pythagorean theorem the "same $2$" as $[\mathbb{C} : \mathbb{R}]$?

I posted this question in Math StackExchange a couple years ago; due to the recent surge in interest, and following the feedback of several users, I've decided to cross-post it here. I apologize for ...
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Ramification at particular level of a tower of extensions of local field

Let $K$ be an unramified extension of the $p$-adic number field $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Suppose we have a tower of extensions: $$K=:K(u_0) \subset K(u_1) \subset K(u_2) \subset K(u_3) \subset \cdots \subset ...
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Ring structure on Brauer group

Class field theory defines an isomorphism between the Brauer group of a finite extension of p-adic fields and a cyclic group with a canonical generator. This in turn defines an isomorphism of the ...
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is a linear algebraic group over an extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ a locally pro finite group?

Let $F$ be a non archimedean local field and let $G$ be linear algebraic group over $F$. I do not have a lot of experience with linear algebraic group, but it seems very obvious that $G$ inherits the ...
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Regarding upper numbering of ramification groups

In Serre's book "Local fields" he defines the function $\phi(u)=\int_{0}^{u}\frac{dt}{( G_0:G_t)}$ and defines the upper number of ramification groups as $G^v=G_{\phi^{-1}(v)}$ and somehow ...
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Characterising rank-$2$ lattices $\Lambda$ and conjugate-linear translate $g \sigma(\Lambda)$, given elementary divisors

Let $E/F$ be a quadratic unramified extension of local fields with $\operatorname{char} F = 0$. Let $\Lambda \subseteq E^2$ be an $O_E$-lattice of rank $2$. Let $g \sigma \in \operatorname{GL}_2(E)$ ...
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Restriction of the local Artin map on the valuation ring of a local field

Let $F$ be a local field, in particular a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ for some prime $p$ and let $Art_{L}: L^\times \to Gal(F^{ab}/F)$ be its local Artin map. We know that if $L/F$ is a finite ...
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Existence of maximal totally ramified subextension

Suppose $K/\mathbb Q_p$ is a finite extension, with ramification index $e$ and inertia index $f$. I want to ask whether there exists a subextension $L/\mathbb Q_p$ totally ramified of degree $e$?
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Is there any relationship between the study of class number of a number field with the study of class field theory through Lubin-Tate formal group?

I am curious to know if we can somehow relate to the study of local class field theory through Lubin-Tate formal group with the study of class number of a field (global field in general) in class ...
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Why $k((x,t))$ can not be a local field?

If $k$ is a finite field, then $k((x))$ is a local field, and we can define a discrete valuation on $k((x))$ with respect to which it is complete. It is sometimes called a 1-dimensional local field. I ...
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Tensor product of finite extensions of $\mathbb{Q}_p$

Consider the tensor product of finite extensions of a field $F$ of characteristic zero. (I am interested in the case $F=\mathbb{Q}_p$.) $(1)$ If $M$ is a finite Galois extension of $F$ with Galois ...
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Conductor and local Kronecker–Weber theorem

Given an abelian extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$, the global Kronecker–Weber theorem tells us that there exist a positive integer $N$ and a primitive $N$-th root of unity $\zeta_N$ such that $K\subseteq ...
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A question related to Kirillov model

I am reading Jackson - The theory of admissible representations of $\operatorname{GL}(2, F)$ and am not able to understand the following map related to Kirillov model. This result appears on p. 54: I ...
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Can every finitely generated field extension of $\mathbb{Q}$ be embedded into a local field?

Let $K$ be a finitely generated field extension of $\mathbb{Q}$, and let $p$ be a prime number. Can $K$ must be embedded into a p-adic local field (i.e. a finite field extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$) ?
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Existence of tamely ramified tower of extension over $\mathbb{Q}_p$

Let $p$ be a prime. There exist following containment : $$\mathbb{Q}_p \subset \mathbb{Q}_p^{\rm nr} \subset \mathbb{Q}_p^{\rm tr} \subset \overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p$$ Here $\mathbb{Q}_p^{\rm nr}$ and $\...
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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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Unramified composition for every extension

Let $K$ be a number field and $S$ be a finite set of primes. Is it possible to construct a finite extension $M$ of $K$ such that $LM/M$ is unramified at (the primes above) $S$ for all degree $n$ ...
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Does the discriminant of an irreducible polynomial of a fixed degree determine the discriminant of the number field it generates?

In the quadratic case, it does. Given an irreducible quadratic polynomial $f(x)=ax^2+bx+c$, the discriminant of the quadratic number field $\frac{\mathbb{Q}[x]}{f(x)}$ is $\operatorname{sqf}(d)$ or $4\...
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Abelianization of the inertia group

Let $F/\mathbb Q_p$ be a finite extension, and let $I_F=\operatorname{Gal}(\overline F/F^{\mathrm{unr}})\subset\operatorname{Gal}(\overline F/F)$ be the inertia subgroup. Is there a description of ...
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Quadratic extension of local field

Let $F$ be a nonarchimedean local field of characteristic zero, and $E$ an extension of $F$ with $[E:F]=2^n$ for some $n$. Is it always possible to find a quadratic extension $M$ of $F$ such that $F\...
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Frobenius-Schur indicator of a self-dual L-parameter

Let $F$ be a non-archimedean field and let $\pi$ be a self-dual supercuspidal representation of $\mathrm{GL}_n(F)$ (which, by a result of Adler exists only when $n=1$ or $n$ is even). Then, under LLC ...
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How often does $-1$ have a square root in a local field?

Let $F$ be a nonarchimedean local field, say, charactersitic $0$. Is there any general theorem that tells when $\sqrt{-1}$ exists in $F$? How often does it happen?
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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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$p$-power torsion of semiabelian variety

Let $K$ be a finite extension field of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let us consider a semiabelian variety $G$ defined over $K$, i.e there exists an extension of an abelian variety $B$ and a torus $T$ defined over $...
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Vanishing of the degree 2 cohomology of a p-adic field with coefficients Q/Z and action of the Frobenius and the Pontryagin dual of the inertia

Let $K$ be a $p$-adic field with Galois group $G$ and inertia subgroup $I\subset G$. Denote $(-)^\ast=\mathrm{Hom}_{cont}(-,\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z})$. Using Tate local duality, we can compute $$H^2(G,\...
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What is a tamely-ramified Weil-Deligne representation?

Let $W_F$ denote the Weil group of a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $I$ denote the inertia subgroup and $I^{>0}$ the (pro-$p$) subgroup of wild inertia. (I hope I've got my notation right.....
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Motivating Lubin-Tate theory

The Lubin-Tate theory gives an amazingly clean and streamlined way of constructing the subfield (usually denoted) $F_\pi\subset F^\mathrm{ab}$ for a local field $F$ fixed by the Artin map associated ...
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A question about mod $p$ local Langlands for $\mathrm{GL}_{2}(\mathbb{Q}_{p})$

In the mod $p$ local Langlands correspondence for $\mathrm{GL}_{2}(\mathbb{Q}_{p})$, the irreducible supercuspidal representation $\left(\mathrm{ind}^{\mathrm{GL}_{2}(\mathbb{Q}_{p})}_{\mathrm{GL}_{2}(...
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Lubin--Tate formal group construction in local class field theory using group cohomology

Let $K$ be a non-archimedean local field of characteristic 0. Fix a uniformiser $\pi$ and an algebraic closure $\bar{K}$. The theory of Lubin--Tate formal groups gives an explicit construction of the ...
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Local field such that the value group of $K^\text{perf}$ ( perfect closure of $K$) is $\bigcup_{n\geqq1}(1/p^n) \Bbb{Z}$

Let $K$ be a local field of positive characteristic. I'm looking for a $K$ which satisfies the following condition. Value group of $K^\text{perf}$ (perfect closure of $K$) is $\bigcup_{n\geqq1}(1/p^n)...
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defining the upper ramification numbering

Given a local field $K$ with absolute Galois group $\Gamma$. Is it "possible" to define the upper numbering on $\Gamma$ without using the lower numbering? In other words, given $\gamma \in \...
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Globalization of a local field

I am reading the paper ''Endoscopic classification of representations of quasi-split unitary groups'' by Chung Pang Mok, and cannot come up with the proof of theorem 7.2.1. Here is the statement. ...
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Galois module theory: from global to local

Let $L/\mathbb{Q}$ be a finite Galois extension with Galois group $G$. It is well known that the ring of integers $\mathcal{O}_L$ is free over its associated order $\mathfrak{A}_{L/\mathbb{Q}}=\{x\in \...
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A Tate-Sen theorem mod $p$

Let $p$ be a prime number, $G=\textrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p/\mathbb{Q}_p)$, and $\chi:G\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}_p^\times$ the cyclotomic character. Let $\mathbb{C}_p$ denote the completion of the ...
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Existence of "nth root function" which is analytic

Let $K$ be a finite extension of $Q_p$. Let $q$ be the size of the residue field of $K$, and let $\pi$ be a uniformizer of $K$. Then $q/\pi$ is some power of $\pi$ up to a unit $u$ in $K$, say $q/\pi =...
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Possible $p$-torsion subgroup of $E(\mathbb{Q}_p)$, and if there is a theorem to say which case happens when?

What is the possible $p$-torsion subgroup of $E(\mathbb{Q}_p)$ for an elliptic curve $E$ over $\mathbb{Q}_p$, and if there is a theorem to say which case happens when?
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Are tamely ramified representations $\widehat{\mathbb{Q}_p^\text{tr}}$-admissible?

Let $K$ be a finite field extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $G_K$ denote the absolute Galois group of $K$, $I_K$ the inertia subgroup and $I_K^{(p)}$ the $p$-Sylow subgroup of $I_K$, i.e. the wild ...
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Langlands correspondence for higher local fields?

Let $F$ be a one-dimensional local field. Then Langlands conjectures for $GL_n(F)$ say (among other things) that there is a unique bijection between the set of equivalence classes of irreducible ...
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Totally ramified subextension in a finite extension of $\mathbf{Q}_p$

Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbf{Q}_p$. Let $F_d$ be the unramified extension of $\mathbf{Q}_p$ of degree $d$. I would like to know whether there exists some $d \geq 1$ and some $L \subset K \...
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Reference request for Kato's paper: A generalization of local class field theory by using K -groups

I would like to ask for the paper of Kato: A generalization of local class field theory by using K -groups I, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo Sec. IA 26 No.2, 1979, 303–376. I could not find it. Could anyone ...
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On Serre's "Local fields"

While I was reading J.-P. Serre's book "Local Fields" I found something strange in Chapter V. When Serre discusses properties of norm for unramified extensions, he says it is possible to ...
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Intrinsic characterisation of a class of rings

This may be well known, but I was unable to find an answer browsing literature. Let us temporarily call a commutative (unital) ring $R$ an O-ring if there exists an integer $n \ge 1$, a local field of ...
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Haar mesure on $\mathrm{GL}_{d}(F)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $F$ be a $\mathfrak{p}$-adic field and $\mathscr{O}_{F}$ its valuation ring. For any measurable subset of $M_{d}(F)$ such as $$ A= \left( \begin{array}{ccc} a_{11}+t^{\...
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Full measure properties for Zariski open subsets in $p$-adic situation

Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field and let $X$ be a smooth integral variety over $F$ (I am chiefly interested in the case when $X$ is a connected reductive group over $F$). Let $U$ be a non-empty open subset ...
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Which groups are Galois over some p-adic field?

Suppose I have some finite $p$-group $G$, or a little extension of it. How do I know if there exists a prime $l$ and a finite extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}_l$ such that $G$ is the Galois group of ...
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Realization of a p-adic field as a completion of a number field

Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field of characteristic 0. Is it always possible to find a number field $K$ such that $K$ has only one place lying above $p$ and such that its completion at this place is $F$? If ...
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Multiplication law in a division algebra of dimension 9 over a non-archimedean local field

Let $k$ be a non-archimedean local field, for example, a $p$-adic field (a finite extension of the filed ${\Bbb Q}_p$ of $p$-adic numbers). It is well known that there is a canonical isomorphism $${\...
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Is there any explicit description of the maximal totally ramified extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$?

It is well known that the maximal unramified extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ can be extended by adding the roots of unity of order prime to $p$. Is there any explicit description of the maximal totally ...
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