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The Sylow subgroups of the absolute Galois group Gal(Q)

Number Theory 2016-10-05 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We describe the Sylow subgroups of Gal(Q) for an odd prime p, by observing and studying their decomposition as a semidirect product of Z_p acting on F, where F is a free pro-p group, and Z_p are the p-adic integers. We determine the finite Z_p-quotients of F and more generally show that every split embedding problem of Z_p-groups for F is solvable. Moreover, we analyze the Z_p-action on generators of F.

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@article{arxiv.1403.3266,
  title  = {The Sylow subgroups of the absolute Galois group Gal(Q)},
  author = {Lior Bary-Soroker and Moshe Jarden and Danny Neftin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3266},
  year   = {2016}
}