Mathematics – Commutative Algebra
Scientific paper
2010-03-29
Mathematics
Commutative Algebra
56 pages
Scientific paper
We classify Artin-Schreier extensions of valued fields with non-trivial defect according to whether they are connected with purely inseparable extensions with non-trivial defect, or not. We use this classification to show that in positive characteristic, a valued field is algebraically complete if and only if it has no proper immediate algebraic extension and every finite purely inseparable extension is defectless. This result is an important tool for the construction of algebraically complete fields. We also consider extremal fields (= fields for which the values of the elements in the images of arbitrary polynomials always assume a maximum). We characterize inseparably defectless, algebraically maximal and separable-algebraically maximal fields in terms of extremality, restricted to certain classes of polynomials. We give a second characterization of algebraically complete fields, in terms of their completion. Finally, a variety of examples for Artin-Schreier extensions of valued fields with non-trivial defect is presented.
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