arXiv · 0710.4514
The External Fundamental Group of an Algebraic Number Field
Abstract
We associate to every algebraic number field a hyperbolic surface lamination and an external fundamental group: the latter a generalization of the fundamental germ that necessarily contains external (not first order definable) elements. The external fundamental group of the rationals is a split extension of the absolute Galois group, that conjecturally contains a subgroup whose abelianization is isomorphic to the idele class group.
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T. M. Gendron. 2010-06-16. The External Fundamental Group of an Algebraic Number Field. https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4514
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