Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2008/iii/paper-29/1/b/solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 29 1 b Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Write the finite residue field as , with and residue characteristic . Every satisfies . The polynomial has derivative , whose reduction is . Hence Hensel lemma gives a unique lift such thatThis includes and . If , its lift is a unit and satisfies .
The product also satisfies and has residue . Uniqueness therefore gives . Reduction is a left inverse of this map, so the map is injective. Restricting to nonzero residues proves the requested multiplicative Teichmuller lift:Its image is the group of st roots of unity in . Indeed a root of unity of that order is a unit satisfying , hence is the unique lift of its residue. The only finite-field fact used here is ; for it follows from Lagrange's theorem in the multiplicative group of order .
New to topics? Read the docs here!