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Orders of decomposition and inertia groups

Statement

For finite Galois L/K and nonzero P∣p, writing e and f for its ramification index and residue degree, ∣D(P/p)∣=ef,∣I(P/p)∣=e,∣D(P/p)/I(P/p)∣=f. The prime P is unramified over p if and only if its inertia group is trivial.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The data and hypotheses of the statement.

[F1]

Decomposition inertia exact sequence: For finite Galois L/K and fixed nonzero P∣p, reduction gives the exact sequence 1⟶I(P/p)⟶D(P/p)⟶Gal⁡(κ(P)/κ(p))⟶1. In particular D(P/p)/I(P/p) is canonically the residue Galois group.

[F2]

In a finite Galois extension the Galois group acts transitively on the g primes above p, the stabilizer of P is D(P/p), and orbit-stabilizer gives ∣D(P/p)∣=∣G∣/g (Galois action on primes above a prime is transitive, Orbit-stabiliser: G/Gx→G⋅x, gGx↦g⋅x, is a well-defined bijection).

[F3]

For the g primes above p, the common ramification index and residue degree satisfy efg=[L:K]=∣G∣ (Galois prime decomposition efg).

[F4]

A finite extension of a finite field of order q is Galois with cyclic Galois group generated by x↦xq: Let Fq be a finite field of order q and let E be a finite field having Fq as a subfield, with [E:Fq]=n (def-extension-degree-and-finite-extension). Then E/Fq is a finite Galois extension (def-finite-galois-extension-and-galois-group) and Gal⁡(E/Fq)=⟨σq⟩ is cyclic of order n, generated by the relative Frobenius σq ⁣:x↦xq (def-relative-frobenius-of-a-finite-field-extension).

Proof

1.1F1F2F3F4

By [F2] and [F3], ∣D∣=∣G∣/g=ef. The residue extension has cyclic Galois group of order f, so the exact sequence gives ∣D/I∣=f and ∣I∣=∣D∣/f=e.

2.1F4step 1.1∎

Finite residue extensions are separable. Thus here unramified means e=1, which implies ∣I∣=1 and I trivial. Conversely trivial I has order one, so e=1 and the prime is unramified.

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