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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 81 2 ii Solution by
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For a direct check of unramified behavior, the cyclotomic polynomial divides . Modulo , the latter has derivative and has no common root with that derivative. Thus is separable, so does not divide its polynomial discriminant. The field discriminant divides this polynomial discriminant, and therefore is unramified in . The Frobenius automorphism satisfiesIndeed its residue action is seventh powering. The reduced th roots of unity are distinct because , so the residue congruence identifies the exponent uniquely modulo .
The Galois group is , of order . Since , but . Consequently the Frobenius automorphism has order four. An unramified decomposition group is generated by that element, and the orbit-stabilizer theorem givesThere are therefore five primes above , each with residue field .
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