Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 136 4 c Solution 2026-09-28
The Local Kronecker-Weber theorem says that every finite abelian extension of is contained in a cyclotomic extension obtained by adjoining roots of unity. It identifies the totally ramified cyclotomic part throughand the maximal unramified part through its Frobenius generator.
Choose the normalization in which a uniformizer maps to arithmetic Frobenius. For with and , define to act by on the maximal unramified extension and byon every -power root of unity. These compatible actions define an element of the abelian Weil group, because its residue action is an integral power of Frobenius. The resulting continuous homomorphismis the Local Artin map; reversing both Frobenius conventions replaces the displayed inverse by the corresponding opposite normalization.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 136 5 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The translated cyclotomic polynomialis Eisenstein at . Hence generates a totally ramified extension of degreeEvery automorphism sends to for a unique . This gives an injectionand equality of orders makes it an isomorphism.
Normalize the Local Artin map so that maps to arithmetic Frobenius on the maximal unramified extension. For , define its action on bywhere using rather than gives the opposite Frobenius convention. These compatible maps, together with the image of , define reciprocity on and hence on every finite abelian extension by the Local Kronecker-Weber theorem.