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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 136 1 b Solution by
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Let and normalize . The lower ramification groups arewith . If , the same inequality defines inside , so directly
Now suppose is Finite Galois extension. The inertia group is the kernel of the action on the residue field. Restriction sends into . Conversely, the maximal unramified subextension of is the intersection of with the maximal unramified subextension of . The Galois correspondence therefore shows that the restriction image is all of .
For the explicit extension, take and a primitive cube root of unity . The polynomial is Eisenstein over , while is a ramified quadratic extension. Its splitting fieldis therefore a totally ramified extension of degree six with Galois group . With , one has and , sois a uniformizer. Let , , and let , . ThenThe two nonidentity elements of have ramification number four, whereas each transposition has ramification number one. HenceIn particular, is the wild inertia group.
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