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Galois action on primes above a prime is transitive

Statement

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.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The data and hypotheses of the statement.

[F1]

Chinese remainder theorem for pairwise comaximal ideals: Let R be a commutative ring and let I1,…,Ir be pairwise comaximal ideals, where r≥1. Then the canonical map R⟶∏i=1rR/Ii,x⟼(x+I1,…,x+Ir) is surjective, its kernel is ⋂i=1rIi, and ⋂i=1rIi=∏i=1rIi. Equivalently, R/∏i=1rIi≅∏i=1rR/Ii.

[F2]

Integral ideal factorisation in a number field, in ZF: Every nonzero integral ideal a of OK has a unique finite factorisation a=∏i=1rpiei into distinct nonzero prime ideals, with ei>0. The finite choices in this construction are least-coded finite choices, so the assertion uses no Choice.

[F3]

Norm and trace from embeddings, with the inseparable exponent in the norm formula: Let K/F be a finite field extension, let Ω/F be an algebraic closure, let Σ=Hom⁡F(K,Ω), and let [K:F]i be the inseparable degree (def-inseparable-degree). Then for every a∈K, Tr⁡K/F(a)=[K:F]i∑σ∈Σσ(a), and NK/F(a)=(∏σ∈Σσ(a))[K:F]i. In particular, when K/F is separable these are the ordinary sum and product over the distinct F-embeddings of K into Ω; and when [K:F]i>1 in characteristic p>0, the trace map is identically zero because [K:F]i is a power of p.

Proof

1.1F1F2

Factor pOL into its finite nonempty set S of prime divisors. These primes are maximal, hence distinct ones are comaximal; G permutes S because it fixes p. If S had two orbits A,B, CRT would give α∈OL with residue zero at every prime in A and residue one at every prime in B. The remaining finitely many primes may also be assigned residue one.

2.1F3step 1.1∎

The product c=∏σ∈Gσ(α)=NL/K(α) belongs to K and is integral, hence belongs to OK. At a prime of A every factor is zero modulo that prime; at a prime of B every factor is one, because each inverse image prime is again in B. Thus c∈p but c≡1 at a prime above p, a contradiction. There is only one orbit.

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