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Demuskin groups, Galois modules, and the elementary type conjecture

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let p be a prime and F(p) the maximal p-extension of a field F containing a primitive p-th root of unity. We give a new characterization of Demuskin groups among Galois groups Gal(F(p)/F) when p=2, and, assuming the Elementary Type Conjecture, when p>2 as well. This characterization is in terms of the structure, as Galois modules, of the Galois cohomology of index p subgroups of Gal(F(p)/F).

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@article{arxiv.math/0505543,
  title  = {Demuskin groups, Galois modules, and the elementary type conjecture},
  author = {John Labute and Nicole Lemire and Jan Minac and John Swallow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505543},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

v2 (20 pages); added theorem characterizing decompositions into free and trivial modules; to appear in J. Algebra