On the descending central sequence of absolute Galois groups
Number Theory
2011-05-31 v3 K-Theory and Homology
Abstract
Let be an odd prime number and a field containing a primitive th root of unity. We prove a new restriction on the group-theoretic structure of the absolute Galois group of . Namely, the third subgroup in the descending -central sequence of is the intersection of all open normal subgroups such that is 1, , or the modular group of order .
Cite
@article{arxiv.0809.2166,
title = {On the descending central sequence of absolute Galois groups},
author = {Ido Efrat and Jan Minac},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2166},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
We implemented the referee's comments. The paper will appear in The American Journal of Mathematics