Thursday, 23 December 2010

nt.number theory - When is the extension defined by an Eisenstein polynomial galoisian or abelian or cyclic ?

Let p be a prime number, K a finite extension of mathbbQp, mathfrako its ring of integers, mathfrakp the unique maximal ideal of mathfrako, k=mathfrako/mathfrakp the residue field, and q=operatornameCardk.



Recall that a polynomial varphi=Tn+cn1Tn1+cdots+c1T+c0 (n>0) in K[T] is said to be Eisenstein if ciinmathfrakp for iin[0,n[ and if c0notinmathfrakp2.



Question. When is the extension Lvarphi defined by varphi galoisian (resp. abelian, resp. cyclic) over K ?



Background. Every Eisenstein polymonial varphi is irreducible, the extension Lvarphi=K[T]/varphiK[T] is totally ramified over K, and every root of varphi in Lvarphi is a uniformiser of Lvarphi. There is a converse.



If the degree n of varphi is prime to p, then the extension Lvarphi|K is tamely ramified and can be defined by the polynomial Tnpi for some uniformiser pi of K. Thus Lvarphi|K is galoisian if and only if n|q1, and, when such is the case, Lvarphi|K is actually cyclic.



Real question. Is there a similar criterion, in case n=pm is a power of p, for deciding if Lvarphi|K is galoisian (resp. abelian, resp. cyclic) ?

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