Ramification polynomial

ID: ramification-polynomial

The ramification polynomial records the normalised differences of conjugates of a uniformizer, including the zero difference from the identity automorphism. Its quotient by is the reduced ramification polynomial. In the usual coefficient-index convention, the finite slopes of its lower Newton polygon are negatives of the valuations of its nonzero roots; the coefficient at the zero root is treated as having infinite valuation.

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