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Sections over Finite Fields

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 2054)

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Let \({\mathbb{F}}_{q}\) be a finite field with q elements of characteristic p. The absolute Galois group \({\mathrm{Gal}}_{{\mathbb{F}}_{q}}\) is profinite free and generated by the qth-power Frobenius \({Frob }_{q}\). Thus any extension of \({\mathrm{Gal}}_{{\mathbb{F}}_{q}}\) splits, and does so most likely in an abundant number of inequivalent ways.

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  • Finite Field
  • Elliptic Curf
  • Abelian Variety
  • Projective Curve
  • Absolute Galois Group

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Stix, J. (2013). Sections over Finite Fields. In: Rational Points and Arithmetic of Fundamental Groups. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2054. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30674-7_15

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