Inertia subgroup, etc. for an infinite extension of algebraic number fields #
We will use the following conventions:
- A place of an arbitrary field is a non-trivial
AbsoluteValueof it toℝ. - A place is called finite, if it is non-archimedean.
- A place is called archimedean or infinite, if it is not non-archimedean.
References:
- J. W. S. Cassels. Global Fields. Chapter II in J. W. S. Cassels, A. Frohlich, editors, Algebraic Number Theory.
Gelfand-Tornheim theorem: if a field K has an infinite place,
then there exists an embedding K →+* ℂ such that the absolute value is equivalent to
the usual absolute value on ℂ.
Proof: see E. Artin, Theory of Algebraic Numbers, pp. 45 and 67.
A non-archimedean absolute value is a valuation.
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Decomposition subgroup for a place #
The decomposition subgroup Dᵥ(K/F) in Gal(K/F) for a place v of K consists of all σ
preserving the set {x | v x ≤ 1}. This definition also works for infinite places.
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Our definition is the same as ValuationSubring.decompositionSubgroup for finite places.
Inertia subgroup for a place #
The inertia subgroup Iᵥ(K/F) in Gal(K/F) for a finite place v of K consists of all σ
preserving the set {x | v x ≤ 1} and such that for all such x, v (σ x - x) < 1.
For infinite places Iᵥ(K/F) is just defined to be the decomposition subgroup Dᵥ(K/F).
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Our definition is the same as ValuationSubring.inertiaSubgroup for finite places.
Assertion that a place is unramified #
If L / K / F is an extension tower with L / F Galois, v is a place of L, then
Dᵥ(L/K) = Dᵥ(L/F) ⊓ Gal(L/K).
If L / K / F is an extension tower with L / F Galois, v is a place of L, then
Iᵥ(L/K) ≤ Iᵥ(L/F).
If L / K / F is an extension tower with L / F Galois, v is a place of L, then
Iᵥ(L/K) = Iᵥ(L/F) ⊓ Gal(L/K).
If L / K / F is an extension tower with L / F Galois, v is a place of L, then
Iᵥ(L/K) ≤ Iᵥ(L/F).
If L / K / F is an extension tower with L / F Galois, v is a place of L, then v is
called unramified in L / K, if Iᵥ(L/F) ≤ Gal(L/K), or equivalently Iᵥ(L/K) = Iᵥ(L/F).