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Power series and p-adic algebraic closures

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Commutative Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

In an earlier preprint (math.AG/9810142) we gave an explicit description of the algebraic closure of the field of power series over a field of characteristic p, in terms of "generalized power series". In this paper, we give an analogous description of the algebraic closure of the fraction field of the Witt ring of a field of characteristic p, using an analogue of generalized power series in mixed characteristic due to Poonen.

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@article{arxiv.math/9906030,
  title  = {Power series and p-adic algebraic closures},
  author = {Kiran S. Kedlaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9906030},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

12 pages; uses AMSLaTeX and xypic for one figure (replaced 16 Dec 1999: corrected proof of Theorem 1)