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Galois module structure of Milnor K-theory mod p^s in characteristic p

Number Theory 2008-06-26 v2 K-Theory and Homology Representation Theory

Abstract

Let E be a cyclic extension of pth-power degree of a field F of characteristic p. For all m, s in N, we determine K_mE/p^sK_mE as a (Z/p^sZ)[Gal(E/F)]-module. We also provide examples of extensions for which all of the possible nonzero summands in the decomposition are indeed nonzero.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602546,
  title  = {Galois module structure of Milnor K-theory mod p^s in characteristic p},
  author = {Jan Minac and Andrew Schultz and John Swallow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602546},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

v2 (11 pages): minor corrections made