Paper 4, Section II, F

Number Fields
Part II, 2016

Let KK be a number field, and pp a prime in Z\mathbb{Z}. Explain what it means for pp to be inert, to split completely, and to be ramified in KK.

(a) Show that if [K:Q]>2[K: \mathbb{Q}]>2 and OK=Z[α]\mathcal{O}_{K}=\mathbb{Z}[\alpha] for some αK\alpha \in K, then 2 does not split completely in KK.

(b) Let K=Q(d)K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d}), with d0,1d \neq 0,1 and dd square-free. Determine, in terms of dd, whether p=2p=2 splits completely, is inert, or ramifies in KK. Hence show that the primes which ramify in KK are exactly those which divide DKD_{K}.