Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 136 1 c Solution 2026-09-28
For odd there is a decompositioninto the valuation factor, the Teichmuller representative factor, and the group of principal units. If is a th power for every coprime to , its valuation is divisible by every such , and is therefore zero. Its residue in is a st power, hence is one. Thus .
Conversely, exponentiation by any integer coprime to is an automorphism of . This follows either from the principal-unit logarithm, under which it becomes multiplication by , or by applying the Hensel lemma to . Since is coprime to , every has a th root for every allowed .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 136 3 a Solution 2026-09-28
Let be the maximal ideal. For all sufficiently large , the convergent p-adic logarithm and p-adic exponential give the principal-unit logarithm isomorphismMultiplication by a power of a uniformizer identifies the additive group with . Since has finite index in , it is the required subgroup.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 136 4 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For sufficiently large , the series for the p-adic logarithm and p-adic exponential converge on and and are inverse homomorphisms. Hence the principal-unit logarithm giveswhere the last map is division by .
Now take and . This is a uniformizer, the residue field is , and its Teichmuller units are . ThusThe image of generates , and , so . The logarithm and exponential already converge inversely on , giving . Since , this proves the unit group of Q3 zeta3 decomposition