Arithmetic field theory via pro-p duality groups
Number Theory
2026-03-12 v1 Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Topology
math.MP
Abstract
Using the theory of pro-p groups and relative Poincar\'{e} duality, we define a type of cobordism category well suited to arithmetic topology. We completely classify topological quantum field theories on these two-dimensional versions of our cobordism categories. This classification uses Frobenius algebras with extra operations corresponding to automorphisms of the p-adic integers. We look in more detail at the example of arithmetic Dijkgraff--Witten theory for a finite gauge p-group in this setting. This allows us to deduce formulae counting Galois extensions of local p-adic fields whose Galois groups are the given gauge group.
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@article{arxiv.2504.19078,
title = {Arithmetic field theory via pro-p duality groups},
author = {Nadav Gropper and Oren Ben-Bassat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19078},
year = {2026}
}