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First-order theory of a field and its Inverse Galois Problem

Number Theory 2023-12-25 v3 Logic

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group. Then there exists a first-order statement S(G)S(G) in the language of rings without parameters and depending only on GG such that, for any field KK, we have that KS(G)K\models S(G) if and only if KK has a Galois extension with the Galois group isomorphic to GG. Further, there is an effective procedure which takes the table of multiplication of GG as its input and produces SGS_G. Therefore, given a field KK, the Inverse Galois Problem for KK, that is, the problem of deciding whether KK has a Galois extension with a particular Galois group as input, is Turing reducible to the first-order theory of KK. Similar results hold for the Finite Split Embedding Problem and the Inverse Automorphism Problem.

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@article{arxiv.2007.13047,
  title  = {First-order theory of a field and its Inverse Galois Problem},
  author = {Francesca Balestrieri and Jennifer Park and Alexandra Shlapentokh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.13047},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

13 pages. We have completely rewritten the paper to address the major remarks provided by a referee. It no longer discusses the Diophantine aspects of the problem, and we focus on the theory of fields and first-order language of rings without parameters