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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 81 2 Solution by
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Let be a finite Galois extension, choose a prime ideal above , and write and for the residue fields. The decomposition group and inertia group areThe Frobenius automorphism on the finite field is . Its inverse image defines a distinguished coset in ; a Frobenius element is a lift of that coset. At an unramified prime, and the lift is unique. Changing the prime above conjugates it, so a Frobenius conjugacy class is intrinsically attached to . These are arithmetic Frobenius conventions.
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