Surjectivity of decomposition group reduction

ID: surjectivity-of-decomposition-group-reduction

For a finite Galois extension of number fields, choose a nonzero residue field generator at and lift it to an integral element whose residues at the other primes above are zero, using the Chinese remainder theorem. The orbit polynomial has coefficients in the base ring of integers. Modulo , its nonzero roots are precisely the orbit of under the decomposition group. Its coefficients belong to , so finite-field Frobenius automorphism permutes these roots. Consequently some decomposition-group element acts as Frobenius on the generator, and therefore on the entire residue field. Frobenius generates the finite-field Galois group, proving surjectivity.

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