Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 136 / 3 / b / ii / Solution

LetThe extension $K_2/K$ is the unramified quadratic extension. Since ${\mathbb{F}}_{p^2}^{\times }$ contains all $(p^2-1)$st roots of unity, $L/K_2$ is a cyclic, tamely and totally ramified extension of degree $p^2-1$, with automorphisms $u\mapsto \zeta u$.

The Frobenius automorphism of ${\mathbb{F}}_{p^2}/{\mathbb{F}}_p$ extends by fixing $u$ and conjugates $\zeta$ to ${\zeta }^p$. Hence $L/K$ is Galois, its inertia group isand its residue-field Galois group isThe tame ramification also gives $G_1=1$.