Questions tagged [local-fields]
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Relation between ramification index and length of filtration of ramification groups
Given a complete valued field $K$ with a discrete value group $\mathbb{Z}$, consider a totally ramified finite Galois extension $L$ of $K$ with its Galois group $G$. Let $O_L$ be the valuation integer ...
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The left regular representation of the Jacobi groups over local fields of characteristic >2 is type I?
Let $K$ be a non-archimedean local field of characteristic $>2$. Consider the Jacobi group $G=H_{2n+1}(K)\rtimes Sp_{2n}(K)$, which is the semidirect product of the Heisenberg group $H_{2n+1}(K)$ ...
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Metaplectic groups over non-archimedean local fields of characteristic>2
Let $K$ be a non-archimedean local field of characteristic $>2$. Consider the double cover metaplectic extension of symplectic groups
$p: Mp_{2n}(K)\rightarrow Sp_{2n}(...
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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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Zero of a power series in a local field
Let $f(z)=\sum_{n\ge1}a_nz^n$ be a power series of $\mathbb C_p[[z]]$ where the $a_n$ are such that $|a_n|=1$ for every positive integer $n$. Consider $z_0\in\mathbb C_p$ such that $|z_0|<1$. Can ...
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Q_p*/(Q_p*)^2 and descent for elliptic curves
Is there a simple description of the group Q_p*/(Q_p*)^2 where Q_p denotes the p-adic integers?
I am doing descent calculations for elliptic curves, and so am most interested in the case p = 2. ...
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Complete fields with algebraically closed residue field
I am looking for a reference where the following result is proven:
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field. If $K$ is a complete and discretely valued field with residue field $k$. Then $K$ is one ...
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A question on Haar measure on local field.
Let $F$ be a local field of characteristic 0, and $f:F\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be an integrable function. Is the following formulation valid?
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\int_{F^\times}f(x^2) d^\times x=\int_{F^{\times 2}}f(x) ...
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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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Reference to basic facts on non-Archimedean local fields
I need a reference to the following claims which, I believe, are correct and well known to experts (I am not one of them).
Let $K$ be a non-Archimedean local field. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be its ring of ...
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A problem in Bushnell and Henniart's book, "The local Langlands conjecture for GL(2)"
On page 123 of Chapter 5 in Bushnell and Henniart's book The Local Langlands Conjecture for GL(2), they state
an elementary property of tamely ramified extension of local fields, which is as follows,
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Calculation of Tate epsilon factor in the ramified case
Let $F$ be a nonarchimedean local field, $\chi$ a ramified character of $F^{\ast}$, $\psi$ a nontrivial character of $F$, and $dx$ a Haar measure on $F$ with respect to which the Fourier transform is ...
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Why is $\mathbb{Q}_p(p^{1/p^\infty})$ a complete topological field?
In Matthias Wulkau's exposition of Scholze's thesis, the term perfectoid field is defined as follows:
Let $K$ be a field endowed with a non-archimedian absolute value $\lvert\cdot\rvert$, and let $\...
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Weil group of a local field, small notational problem
In Bushnell and Henniart, The Local Langlands conjecture for GL(2), there is a proposition on p. 184 in which they prove the following:
Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field, $\mathcal W_F$ its ...
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Compact elements in $G(K)$ for a reductive group $G$ over a nonarchimedean local field $K$
Let $K$ be a nonarchimedean local field and $G$ a (connected) reductive group over $K$, so that $G(K)$ carries a natural topology. An element $g \in G(K)$ is compact if it is contained in a compact ...
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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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The notion of smoothness in the local situation
I am reading Bump's book on Automorphic forms and Representations and I am able to draw a lot of parallels between the theory of $GL(2, \mathbb{R})$ which is the infinite place and the theory of $GL(2,...
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Decomposition of $\widehat{k^{\times}}$ occuring in local class field theory
Let $k$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ very often we use the isomorphism that $Gal(\overline{k}/k)^{ab} \simeq \hat{(k^{\times})}$ given by local class field theory.
My question would be do ...
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Fields of definition of parabolically induced representations of $\mathrm{SL}(2,q)$
Let $\alpha_0$ be the unique non-trivial character satisfying $\alpha_0^2=1$ of the split torus $\mathrm{T} \subset \mathrm{SL}(2,q)$ and denote by $\mathrm{R}(\alpha_0)$ the character of $\mathrm{SL}(...
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F-points of product of closed subgroups vs. product of F-points, F a local field, reference?
Let $F$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$, where p is an odd prime. Let $G$ be a connected reductive group defined over $F$. Let $M, H$ be closed $F$-subgroups of $G$ (in particular, I'm ...
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Zero of power series and Newton polygon in non-archimedean complete algebraically closed fields
In Gouvea book $p$-adic numbers, on can find this corollary (7.4.11)
Let $f(X) = 1+a_1X+a_2X^2+a_3X^3+\cdots$ be a power series which converges on the closed ball of radius $c = p^m$. Let $m_1, m_2, \...
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Subfields of higher local fields
Q1. Let $K$ be a local field with valuation $v$. Let us call $K'\subset K$ a nice local subfield if it is complete with respect to the induced from $K$ valuation. By local subfield I will mean a ...
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Galois Cohomology mod 2 of iterated Laurent series
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from two.
For $n\geq 1$, set $F_n=k((X_1))\cdots ((X_n))$, and let $F=\displaystyle\bigcup_{n\geq 1}F_n$.
If $I=\{i_1,\ldots,i_m\}$...
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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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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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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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$n$-th root of character on local field
Let $F$ be a non-Archidean local field of characteristic 0, and $\zeta_n$ the set of $n$-th roots of unity in the algebraic closure of $F$. Assume $\zeta_n\subseteq F$. Let $\chi:F^\times\to\mathbb{C}^...
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Local systems on $\mathbb P^1$ and on the formal punctured disc
Consider the projective curve $\mathbb P^1$ over a finite field $k$.
Consider $\ell$-adic local systems $E$ on $\mathbb P^1\backslash \{0,\infty\}$ such that
a) $E$ is tame at $\infty$
b) The ...
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Arbitrary base change of a parahoric subgroup in split case
Assume $R\subset R'$ are henselien discretly valued rings with fraction field $K$ and $K'$, $G$ is a semisimple split group over $K$. Consider the parahoric group scheme $\mathcal{P}_F$ over $R$ ...
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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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Can global fields be defined as certain topological fields like local fields?
It's known that local fields can be defined as a non-discrete, Hausdorff (equivalently non-indiscrete), locally compact, topological field, which is the same as non-trivial (i.e. neither discrete nor ...
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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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Refinement of Serre's mass formula
Let $F$ be a finite field extension of the $p$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Q}_p$, whose residue field has $q$ elements. Let $\mathfrak{p}$ be the prime ideal of $F$. Given a finite field extension $K/F$, ...
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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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IS the composition of infinite APF extensions again APF?
Convention: By APF extension, I mean APF extension of $\mathbb{Q_p}$.
For $\mathbb{Q_p} \subseteq L_1 \subseteq L_2$ where $L_2/L_1$ is finite, we know that $L_1/\mathbb{Q_p}$ is APF iff $L_2/\mathbb{...
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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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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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Totally ramified extensions of p-adic fields
Let $\mathbb{Q}_p$ denote the field of p-adic numbers. For a prime number $q$ ($\neq p$), does exist a totally ramified extension $K/\mathbb{Q}_p$ with Galois group isomorphis to $\mathbb{Z}_q \times \...
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self dual character of local fields and global fields
There are two concepts of self dual character, one is for global and another is for local.
Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic number field, and a Hecke character $\chi : \mathbb{A}_K^{\times}/K^{\...
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$p$-primary torsion of an elliptic curve in the cyclotomic $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extension of a $p$-adic field
Let $K$ be a number field and $v$ be a fixed prime above $p$. Let $k=K_v$. We have the cyclotomic $\mathbb{Z}_p$ extension $K_\infty/K$ and if $w$ is a prime above $v$ in $K_\infty$ we write $k_\infty=...
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Is a reductive group scheme always parahoric?
Let $R$ be complete (or, more generally, Henselian) discrete valuation ring with fraction field $K$. Let $G$ be a reductive $R$-group scheme. Is $G$ a parahoric in the sense of Bruhat-Tits? If so, ...
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Characters of the kernel of the norm map of an extension of local fields
Let $E$ be a quadratic extension of a local nonarchimedean field $F$ of characteristic zero (and odd residual characteristic). Let $\sigma$ be a generator of the Galois group $G = Gal(E/F)$. I'm ...
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Reference request: Regarding the image of inertia group being a subgroup of Aut($\widetilde{E}$)
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with potential good reduction. I was told that if $F$ is the smallest Galois extension over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ such that $E$ has good reduction then the ...
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What is the classification of this group?
Let $K=\mathbb C((t))$ and $O=\mathbb C[[t]]$, and $n\geq 1$. Consider the matrix $$J_{2n}=\begin{pmatrix} 0& I_n \\ -I_n & 0\end{pmatrix},$$ And let $\Psi : K^{2n}\times K^{2n}\rightarrow K$ ...
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Converging sequence of base change
Here is a natural question that I hope will be of interest to some.
Let $\mathbf{F}_p(\!(T)\!)$ be the field of formal Laurent series over $\mathbf{F}_p$. An automorphism of $\mathbf{F}_p(\!(T)\!)$ ...
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Uniformity in first order theory of p-adic fields of mixed characteristic
Perhaps the most successful attempt at analyzing first order theory of p-adic fields is through the use of RV language (aka. leading term structure). In this, quantifier elimination on the field sort ...
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What does equality modulo $p$ of $p$-adic linear groups imply?
$\newcommand{\GL}{\mathrm{GL}}\newcommand{\dbZ}{\mathbb{Z}}\newcommand{\dbF}{\mathbb{F}}\newcommand{\dbN}{\mathbb{N}}$
Hello.
I have a small question regarding closed subgroup of $\GL_n(\dbZ_p)$, ...
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Property of a derivative in global field
Before posting I want to make it clear that I posted the same question in stack exchange awhile ago (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1533814/property-of-derivative-in-a-local-field) but didn'...
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Infinitesimally small elements in extensions of models of model-complete theories
Suppose that we have a first order language $\mathcal{L}$ that extends the language of rings. Let $T$ a be a topological $\mathcal{L}$-theory of fields in the sense of Pillay.. this means that not ...
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is there a criterion for a two-generator subgroup of $PL(2,K)$ to be a cocompact lattice?
In the case of the group $SO(n,1)$ there is a criterion known for whether or not two given elements of the group generate a cocompact lattice. Is any similar criterion known in the case of $PL(2,K)$ ...