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The Tamely Ramified Geometric Quantitative Minimal Ramification Problem

Number Theory 2022-12-01 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove a large finite field version of the Boston--Markin conjecture on counting Galois extensions of the rational function field with a given Galois group and the smallest possible number of ramified primes. Our proof involves a study of structure groups of (direct products of) racks.

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@article{arxiv.2211.16983,
  title  = {The Tamely Ramified Geometric Quantitative Minimal Ramification Problem},
  author = {Mark Shusterman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16983},
  year   = {2022}
}
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