Frobenius element
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Definition
Let be a finite Galois extension of algebraic number fields with Galois group , and let be the rings of integers. Let be a nonzero prime ideal of that is unramified in , and let be a prime ideal of over . Let be the norm of . The Frobenius element of is the unique such that It is written or .
Remarks
Existence and uniqueness: such a fixes , so it lies in the decomposition group . The map from to the Galois group of the residue extension is onto, with kernel the inertia group, which is trivial because is unramified. So exactly one element of maps to the Frobenius automorphism of the residue field. generates , and its order is the residue degree .
For , . So the Frobenius elements of the primes over form one conjugacy class of ; if is abelian, it is a single element, the Artin symbol of .
Example: , with a primitive -th root of unity, and a prime not dividing . The automorphism with satisfies modulo every prime over , since modulo ; so .
Non-example: in , the prime is ramified. Both elements of satisfy , because the residue field is and ; so there is no unique Frobenius element.
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- Algebraic number field concept
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- Frobenius automorphism of a finite field concept
- Galois extension concept
- Galois group concept
- Ideal norm concept
- Ramification concept
- Frobenius element definition
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| Kind | definition |
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| MSC | 11R32, 11R37 |
| Defines | Frobenius element |
| Uses | Algebraic number field, Galois extension, Galois group, Decomposition group, Ramification, Frobenius automorphism of a finite field, Conjugacy class, Ideal norm |
| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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