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Random pro-p groups, braid groups, and random tame Galois groups

Group Theory 2012-04-20 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We introduce a heuristic prediction for the distribution of the isomorphism class of the Galois group of the maximal pro-p extension of Q unramified outside a "random" set of primes. This is guided by reasoning similar to that governing the Cohen-Lenstra conjectures. We conclude by describing theoretical and experimental evidence for our heuristic.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4242,
  title  = {Random pro-p groups, braid groups, and random tame Galois groups},
  author = {Nigel Boston and Jordan S. Ellenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4242},
  year   = {2012}
}
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