The global different exponent #
The coefficient of the different ideal of a number-field extension at a prime w equals the
coefficient of the different ideal of the completed integer-ring extension at its maximal ideal.
The global different extends to the completed different, and completion preserves the
multiplicity of an ideal at the selected prime. This is the coefficient comparison needed to
transport local different-exponent theorems to number fields.
For a Galois extension, Hilbert's local different formula and the comparison between global and
local ramification groups then express this coefficient as
\sum_{i \ge 0} (\# G_i - 1).
References #
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter III, Proposition 2.2 and Theorem 2.6.
- J.-P. Serre, Corps Locaux, Chapter IV, §1, Proposition 4.
A generator of the abstract valuation integer ring remains a generator after identifying it with the concrete adic-completion integer ring.
Minimal polynomials are carried across the canonical identifications between abstract valuation integer rings and concrete adic-completion integer rings.
The identification of the abstract valuation rings of K_v ⊆ L_w with the concrete
completed integer rings carries the local different ideal to the completed different ideal.
The local different exponent of L_w/K_v is the multiplicity of the completed different
ideal in the maximal ideal of the concrete completed integer ring.
The exponent of the completed different at the maximal ideal is the exponent of the global
different at w.
Hilbert's formula for a number-field different exponent. For a finite Galois extension
L/K, the multiplicity of a prime w in the global different is the sum of the orders of the
nonnegative-index lower ramification groups, minus one in each degree.