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TauCeti.NumberTheory.LocalField.Unramified.Rigidity

Rigidity of unramified extensions #

Let K be a nonarchimedean local field, let L/K be a finite unramified extension and let M/K be any finite extension. A K-embedding ΞΉ : L β†’ M induces a 𝓀[K]-embedding of residue fields ΞΉ.residueFieldHom : 𝓀[L] β†’ 𝓀[M]. This file proves that reduction is a bijection

(L →ₐ[K] M) ≃ (𝓀[L] →ₐ[𝓀[K]] 𝓀[M]).

So a K-embedding of an unramified extension is determined by its effect on residue fields, and every embedding of residue fields lifts. In particular, when M/K is unramified as well, a chosen 𝓀[K]-isomorphism 𝓀[L] ≃ 𝓀[M] lifts to a unique K-isomorphism L ≃ M. Without fixing the residue isomorphism there is no uniqueness: L has [L : K] automorphisms over K, one above each automorphism of 𝓀[L] over 𝓀[K].

Write q = #𝓀[K] and f = f(L/K). The extension L is generated over K by a primitive (q^f βˆ’ 1)-st root of unity ΞΆ, and q^f βˆ’ 1 is prime to the residue characteristic. Reduction is therefore injective on the (q^f βˆ’ 1)-st roots of unity of π’ͺ[M], and by Hensel's lemma every such root of unity of 𝓀[M] lifts. An embedding ΞΉ is determined by ΞΉ ΞΆ, which is the unique lift of the residue of ΞΉ ΞΆ. Conversely, given a residue embedding Ο†, the lift ΞΎ of the image under Ο† of the residue of ΞΆ is a root of the minimal polynomial g of ΞΆ over π’ͺ[K]: its residue is a root of the reduction of g, and not of the reduction of the cofactor (X^{q^fβˆ’1} βˆ’ 1) / g, because X^{q^fβˆ’1} βˆ’ 1 is separable over 𝓀[M]. So ΞΆ ↦ ΞΎ defines a K-embedding lifting Ο†, since the residue of ΞΆ generates 𝓀[L].

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Embeddings of an unramified extension are determined by their residue maps, and every residue map lifts. For L/K unramified, reduction is a bijection from the K-embeddings L β†’ M to the 𝓀[K]-embeddings 𝓀[L] β†’ 𝓀[M].

Reduction of embeddings of an unramified extension. For L/K unramified, passing to residue fields is an equivalence between the K-embeddings L β†’ M and the 𝓀[K]-embeddings 𝓀[L] β†’ 𝓀[M].

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    Rigidity of unramified extensions. Let L/K and M/K be finite unramified extensions. Every 𝓀[K]-isomorphism 𝓀[L] ≃ 𝓀[M] of residue fields lifts to a unique K-isomorphism L ≃ M.