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Frobenius in a small cyclotomic field

Example

Let ζ=ζ5 be a primitive fifth root of unity and L=Q(ζ). Then Gal⁡(L/Q)≅(Z/5Z)×=C4 by σa(ζ)=ζa. For every prime p≠5, p is unramified and its arithmetic Frobenius is σp mod 5. In particular 2 is inert, with (e,f,g)=(1,4,1).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The data and hypotheses of the statement.

[F1]

Frobenius cycle type and prime splitting: Let F∈Z[T] be monic separable with splitting field L, and let p be a rational prime not dividing Disc⁡(F). Then p is unramified in L and Fˉ∈Fp[T] is squarefree. The degrees of its monic irreducible factors, with each distinct factor counted once, are exactly the cycle lengths of arithmetic Frobenius on the roots of F.

[F2]

Frobenius order is residue degree: For finite Galois L/K and nonzero P∣p, the arithmetic Frobenius coset has order f(P/p) in D/I. If P is unramified, Frob⁡P has the same order in D.

[F3]

Galois prime decomposition efg: For a finite Galois extension L/K and nonzero prime p, every P above p has the same ramification index e and residue degree f. If there are g such primes, then efg=[L:K].

[F4]

Eisenstein criterion over the integers: Let f=anxn+⋯+a0∈Z[x] be primitive with n≥1. If there is a prime p such that p∤an,p∣ai for every i<n,p2∤a0, then f is irreducible in Q[x].

[F5]

The discriminant of a monic polynomial as the coefficient expression of Δn2: By prop-vandermonde-square-is-symmetric and thm-fundamental-theorem-of-symmetric-polynomials, there is a unique polynomial Dn∈Z[T1,…,Tn] such that Δn(x1,…,xn)2=Dn(e1,…,en). For a monic polynomial f(t)=tn+a1tn−1+⋯+an over a commutative ring, its discriminant is Disc⁡(f):=Dn(−a1,a2,…,(−1)nan). Equivalently, in any algebra in which f splits with roots α1,…,αn, this coefficient expression evaluates to Δn(α1,…,αn)2. The definition therefore depends only on the coefficients and not on a choice or ordering of roots. For a monic constant polynomial, Disc⁡(1)=1.

Verification

1.1F4

The polynomial Φ(T)=T4+T3+T2+T+1 satisfies Φ(T+1)=T4+5T3+10T2+10T+5, Eisenstein at 5. Translation preserves reducibility, so Phi is irreducible. Its four roots ζa for a=1,2,3,4 already lie in L. They give four automorphisms, with composition multiplying exponents modulo 5. The element 2 has successive powers 2,4,3,1, hence generates this group.

2.1F5step 1.1

At a root r of Phi, differentiating (T−1)Φ(T)=T5−1 gives Φ′(r)=5r4/(r−1). The product over its four roots is 54/5=53: the root product is 1, and ∏(r−1)=Φ(1)=5. Pairing opposite root differences shows ∏rΦ′(r)=(−1)6Disc⁡(Φ)=Disc⁡(Φ). Hence its discriminant is 53.

3.1F1F2F3step 1.1step 2.1∎

For p≠5 the good-reduction theorem gives unramifiedness and distinct root reductions. Frobenius sends the residue of zeta to its p-th power; since ζp is another root, distinctness forces Frob⁡(ζ)=ζp. At p=2 that automorphism has order four, so f=4; e=1 and efg=4 then give g=1, namely inertness.

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