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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 QPp. With H=Gal(M/L), D(Q/P)=D(Q/p)H,I(Q/P)=I(Q/p)H. Restriction gives exact sequences 1D(Q/P)D(Q/p)D(P/p)1, 1I(Q/P)I(Q/p)I(P/p)1. 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.

[F1]

Conjugacy of decomposition and inertia groups: In finite Galois L/K, if σP=P above a nonzero p, then D(P/p)=σD(P/p)σ1,I(P/p)=σI(P/p)σ1. The residue actions correspond under κ(P)κ(P), aˉσa.

[F2]

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 OK. Then G=Gal(L/K) acts transitively on the primes P above p.

[F3]

Orders of decomposition and inertia groups: For finite Galois L/K and nonzero Pp, 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.

[F4]

Ramification and residue degrees in towers: For M/L/K and QPp, e(Q/p)=e(Q/P)e(P/p),f(Q/p)=f(Q/P)f(P/p).

[F5]

Normal subgroups, conjugate fields, and quotient groups in the Galois correspondence: Let K/F be finite Galois, let G=Gal(K/F), let HG, and put E=KH. For every σG, Gal(K/σ(E))=σHσ1. An intermediate field E/F is Galois exactly when its corresponding subgroup is normal. In that case restriction gives a surjective homomorphism GGal(E/F) with kernel H, and hence Gal(E/F)G/H.

Proof

1.1

Within H, fixing Q is exactly the decomposition condition over either base. Acting trivially on κ(Q) 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.

F1
2.1

Given τD(P/p), normality of L/K gives a lift σGal(M/K). Both σQ and Q lie over P. Transitivity for the Galois extension M/L gives hH with hσQ=Q. Then hσ lies in D(Q/p) and restricts to tau. Its restriction kernel is the first intersection, proving the first exact sequence.

F2F5step 1.1
3.1

The restriction image of I(Q/p) has order I(Q/p)/I(Q/P)=e(Q/p)/e(Q/P)=e(P/p). 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.

F3F4step 1.1

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