Let and let
be the fixed field of the commutator subgroup. Then is the maximal abelian subextension of , with
The nonabelian norm-residue kernel theorem identifies the kernel of the global reciprocity map
with . Applied to the abelian extension , the Artin reciprocity law identifies the kernel of the same map with . Therefore
so the norm group of the Galois extension is the norm group of the abelian extension .