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Given a hilbertian field k of characteristic zero and a finite Galois extension E/k(T) with group G such that E/k is regular, we produce some specializations of E/k(T) at points t0 ∈ P1(k) which have the same Galois group but also specified inertia groups at finitely many given primes. This result has two main applications. Firstly we conjoin it with previous works to obtain Galois extensions of Q of various finite groups with specified local behavior — ramified or unramified — at finitely many given primes. Secondly, in the case k is a number field, we provide criteria for the extension E/k(T) to satisfy this property: at least one Galois extension F/k of group G is not a specialization of E/k(T).
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Legrand, F. Specialization results and ramification conditions. Isr. J. Math. 214, 621–650 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-016-1349-y
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