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

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Abstract

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

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)186-212
Number of pages27
JournalAdvances in Mathematics
Volume284
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Oct 2015

Keywords

  • Absolute Galois group
  • Embedding problems
  • Large fields

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics

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