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An Example of Wild Ramification in an Enriched Riemann-Hurwitz Formula

Algebraic Geometry 2020-04-01 v2

Abstract

M. Levine proved an enrichment of the classical Riemann-Hurwitz formula to an equality in the Grothendieck-Witt group of quadratic forms. In its strongest form, Levine's theorem includes a technical hypothesis on ramification relevant in positive characteristic. We consider wild ramification at points whose residue fields are non-separable extensions of the ground field k. We show an analogous Riemann-Hurwitz formula, and consider an example suggested by S. Saito.

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@article{arxiv.1812.03386,
  title  = {An Example of Wild Ramification in an Enriched Riemann-Hurwitz Formula},
  author = {Candace Bethea and Jesse Leo Kass and Kirsten Wickelgren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03386},
  year   = {2020}
}