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Galois groups over complete valued fields

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We propose an elementary algebraic approach to the patching of Galois groups. We prove that every finite group is regularly realizable over the field of rational functions in one variable over a complete discrete valued field.

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Correspondence to Dan Haran.

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Partially supported by NSF grant DMS 9306479.

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Haran, D., Völklein, H. Galois groups over complete valued fields. Israel J. Math. 93, 9–27 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02761092

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