An algorithmic construction of cyclic p-extensions of fields, with characteristic different from p, not containing the pth roots of unity
Let be a Galois extension with Galois group . We study the set of -linear combinations of characters in the Burnside ring which give rise to -linear combinations of trace forms of subextensions of which are trivial in the Witt ring W of . In particular, we prove that the torsion subgroup of coincides with the kernel of the total signature homomorphism.
Let L/K be a finite Galois extension of complete discrete valued fields of characteristic p. Assume that the induced residue field extension is separable. For an integer n ≥ 0, let denote the ring of Witt vectors of length n with coefficients in . We show that the proabelian group is zero. This is an equicharacteristic analogue of Hesselholt’s conjecture, which was proved before when the discrete valued fields are of mixed characteristic.
In this paper we give a term equivalence between the simple k-cyclic Post algebra of order p, L p,k, and the finite field F(p k) with constants F(p). By using Lagrange polynomials, we give an explicit procedure to obtain an interpretation Φ1 of the variety V(L p,k) generated by L p,k into the variety V(F(p k)) generated by F(p k) and an interpretation Φ2 of V(F(p k)) into V(L p,k) such that Φ2Φ1(B) = B for every B ε V(L p,k) and Φ1Φ2(R) = R for every R ε V(F(p k)).
Using the techniques developed by Jean Ecalle for the study of nonlinear differential equations, we prove that the -difference equationwith () and is analytically conjugated to one of the following equations :
An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of the -variable Laurent polynomial is given, in terms of dilogarithms and trilogarithms.
Using the principle that characteristic polynomials of matrices obtained from elements of a reductive group over typically have splitting field with Galois group isomorphic to the Weyl group of , we construct an explicit monic integral polynomial of degree whose splitting field has Galois group the Weyl group of the exceptional group of type .