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Decomposition and inertia in towers
Statement
Let M/L/K be a tower of number fields with M/K and L/K finite Galois, and fix nonzero primes . With , Restriction gives exact sequences The intersection identities also hold without L/K Galois; the displayed quotient assertions use that hypothesis.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The data and hypotheses of the statement.
Conjugacy of decomposition and inertia groups: In finite Galois L/K, if above a nonzero p, then The residue actions correspond under , .
Galois action on primes above a prime is transitive: Let L/K be a finite Galois extension of number fields and p a nonzero prime of . Then acts transitively on the primes P above p.
Orders of decomposition and inertia groups: For finite Galois L/K and nonzero , writing e and f for its ramification index and residue degree, The prime P is unramified over p if and only if its inertia group is trivial.
Ramification and residue degrees in towers: For and ,
Normal subgroups, conjugate fields, and quotient groups in the Galois correspondence: Let be finite Galois, let , let , and put . For every , An intermediate field is Galois exactly when its corresponding subgroup is normal. In that case restriction gives a surjective homomorphism with kernel , and hence
Proof
Within H, fixing Q is exactly the decomposition condition over either base. Acting trivially on is likewise independent of which base is named. These prove both intersections. Restriction from D lands in D(P/p), and restriction from I lands in I(P/p), since integral elements of L are integral elements of M.
Given , normality of L/K gives a lift . Both and Q lie over P. Transitivity for the Galois extension M/L gives with . Then lies in D(Q/p) and restricts to tau. Its restriction kernel is the first intersection, proving the first exact sequence.
The restriction image of I(Q/p) has order . This uses multiplicativity and positive ramification indices. The target I(P/p) has exactly that order, so the image equals the target. Together with the second intersection this proves the second exact sequence.
Depends on
Used by
- Frobenius compatibility in finite towers Corollary
- Decomposition groups in a tower Example
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Sources
- Chapter 8, Proposition 8.13, p.141 (standard reference, not scraped)