English

Fields of dp-Rank 2 and their W_2-Topologies: The Characteristic 2 Case

Logic 2025-12-10 v1

Abstract

In this note we reproduce Johnson's analysis of W2W_2-topologies on fields of characteristic 2, which was originally stated for fields of characteristic different than 2. Following his framework, we prove that the canonical topology of an unstable field of characteristic 2 and dp-rank 2 is a VV-topology. Additionally, we show that any W2W_2-topology on a field of characteristic 2 is either induced by the intersection of two valuation rings or it is induced by dense pre-diffeo-valuation data, completing the picture for all positive characteristic fields.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2512.08468,
  title  = {Fields of dp-Rank 2 and their W_2-Topologies: The Characteristic 2 Case},
  author = {Paulo Andrés Soto Moreno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.08468},
  year   = {2025}
}