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<p>In <a href="Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>local field</b> is a certain type of <a href="Topological_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Topological field">topological field</a>: by definition, a local field is a <a href="Locally_compact" class="mw-redirect" title="Locally compact">locally compact</a> <a href="Hausdorff_space" title="Hausdorff space">Hausdorff</a> non-<a href="Discrete_space" title="Discrete space">discrete</a> <a href="Topological_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Topological field">topological field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeil199520_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeil199520-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local fields find many applications in <a href="Algebraic_number_theory" title="Algebraic number theory">algebraic number theory</a>, where they arise naturally as <a href="Complete_metric_space#Completion" title="Complete metric space">completions</a> of <a href="Global_field" title="Global field">global fields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeukirch1999134Sec._5_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeukirch1999134Sec._5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, tools like <a href="Integral" title="Integral">integration</a> and <a href="Fourier_analysis" title="Fourier analysis">Fourier analysis</a> are available for functions defined on local fields.
</p><p>Given a local field, an <a href="Absolute_value_(algebra)" title="Absolute value (algebra)">absolute value</a> can be defined on it which gives rise to a <a href="Complete_metric_space" title="Complete metric space">complete metric</a> that generates its topology. There are two basic types of local field: those called <b>Archimedean local fields</b> in which the absolute value is <a href="Archimedean_property#Definition_for_normed_fields" title="Archimedean property">Archimedean</a>, and those called <b>non-Archimedean local fields</b> in which it is not. The non-Archimedean local fields can also be defined as those fields which are complete with respect to a <a href="Metric_space" title="Metric space">metric</a> induced by a <a href="Discrete_valuation" title="Discrete valuation">discrete valuation</a> <i>v</i> whose <a href="Residue_field" title="Residue field">residue field</a> is finite.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECasselsFröhlich1967129Ch._VI,_Intro._3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECasselsFröhlich1967129Ch._VI,_Intro.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Every local field is <a href="Isomorphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Isomorphic">isomorphic</a> (as a topological field) to one of the following:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMilne2020127Remark_7.49_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMilne2020127Remark_7.49-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li>Archimedean local fields (<a href="Characteristic_(algebra)" title="Characteristic (algebra)">characteristic</a> zero): the <a href="Real_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Real numbers">real numbers</a> <b>R</b>, and the <a href="Complex_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex numbers">complex numbers</a> <b>C</b>.</li>
<li>Non-Archimedean local fields of characteristic zero: <a href="Finite_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="Finite extension">finite extensions</a> of the <a href="P-adic_number" title="P-adic number"><i>p</i>-adic numbers</a> <b>Q</b><sub><i>p</i></sub> (where <i>p</i> is any <a href="Prime_number" title="Prime number">prime number</a>).</li>
<li>Non-Archimedean local fields of characteristic <i>p</i> (for <i>p</i> any given prime number): the field <b>F</b><sub><i>q</i></sub>((<i>T</i>)) of <a href="Formal_Laurent_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Formal Laurent series">formal Laurent series</a> in the variable <i>T</i> over a <a href="Finite_field" title="Finite field">finite field</a> <b>F</b><sub><i>q</i></sub>, where <i>q</i> is a <a href="Exponentiation" title="Exponentiation">power</a> of <i>p</i>.</li></ul>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Module,_absolute_value,_metric">Module, absolute value, metric</h2></div>
<p>Given a local field <i>F</i>, a "module function" on <i>F</i> can be defined as follows. First, consider the <a href="Field_(mathematics)#Related_algebraic_structures" title="Field (mathematics)">additive group</a> of the field. As a locally compact <a href="Topological_group" title="Topological group">topological group</a>, it has a unique (up to positive scalar multiple) <a href="Haar_measure" title="Haar measure">Haar measure</a> μ. The module of an element <i>a</i> of <i>F</i> is defined so as to measure the change in size of a set after multiplying it by <i>a</i>. Specifically, define mod<sub>K</sub>&nbsp;: <i>F</i> → <b>R</b> by<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeil19954_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeil19954-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>for any <a href="Measurable" class="mw-redirect" title="Measurable">measurable</a> subset <i>X</i> of <i>F</i> (with 0 &lt; μ(X) &lt; ∞). This module does not depend on <i>X</i> nor on the choice of Haar measure μ (since the same scalar multiple ambiguity will occur in both the numerator and the denominator). The function mod<sub>K</sub> is continuous and satisfies
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<p>for some constant <i>A</i> that only depends on <i>F.</i>
</p><p>Using mod<sub>K</sub>, one may then define an absolute value |.| on <i>F</i> that induces a <a href="Metric_space" title="Metric space">metric</a> on <i>F</i> (via the standard d(<i>x</i>,<i>y</i>) = |<i>x</i>-<i>y</i>|), such that <i>F</i> is complete with respect to this metric, and the metric induces the given topology on <i>F</i>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basic_features_of_non-Archimedean_local_fields">Basic features of non-Archimedean local fields</h2></div>
<p>For a non-Archimedean local field <i>F</i> (with absolute value denoted by |·|), the following objects are important:
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<ul><li>its <b><a href="Ring_of_integers" title="Ring of integers">ring of integers</a></b> <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}=\{a\in F:|a|\leq 1\}}">
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<li>the <b>units</b> in its ring of integers <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}^{\times }=\{a\in F:|a|=1\}}">
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<li>the unique non-zero <a href="Prime_ideal" title="Prime ideal">prime ideal</a> <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {m}}}">
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<p>Every non-zero element <i>a</i> of <i>F</i> can be written as <i>a</i> = ϖ<sup><i>n</i></sup><i>u</i> with <i>u</i> a unit in <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}^{\times }}">
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The <b>normalized valuation</b> of <i>F</i> is the <a href="Surjective_function" title="Surjective function">surjective function</a> <i>v</i>&nbsp;: <i>F</i> → <b>Z</b> ∪ {∞} defined by sending a non-zero <i>a</i> to the unique integer <i>n</i> such that <i>a</i> = ϖ<sup><i>n</i></sup><i>u</i> with <i>u</i> a unit, and by sending 0 to ∞. If <i>q</i> is the <a href="Cardinality" title="Cardinality">cardinality</a> of the residue field, the absolute value on <i>F</i> induced by its structure as a local field is given by:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeil1995Ch._I,_Theorem_6_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeil1995Ch._I,_Theorem_6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>An equivalent and very important definition of a non-Archimedean local field is that it is a field that is <a href="Complete_valued_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Complete valued field">complete with respect to a discrete valuation</a> and whose residue field is finite.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples">Examples</h3></div>
<ol><li><b>The <i>p</i>-adic numbers</b>: the ring of integers of <b>Q</b><sub><i>p</i></sub> is the ring of <i>p</i>-adic integers <b>Z</b><sub><i>p</i></sub>. Its prime ideal is <i>p</i><b>Z</b><sub><i>p</i></sub> and its residue field is <b>Z</b>/<i>p</i><b>Z</b>. Every non-zero element of <b>Q</b><sub>p</sub> can be written as <i>u</i> <i>p</i><sup><i>n</i></sup> where <i>u</i> is a unit in <b>Z</b><sub><i>p</i></sub> and <i>n</i> is an integer, with <i>v</i>(<i>u</i> <i>p</i><sup>n</sup>) = <i>n</i> for the normalized valuation.</li>
<li><b>The formal Laurent series over a finite field</b>: the ring of integers of <b>F</b><sub><i>q</i></sub>((<i>T</i>)) is the ring of <a href="Formal_power_series" title="Formal power series">formal power series</a> <b>F</b><sub><i>q</i></sub>[[<i>T</i>]]. Its maximal ideal is (<i>T</i>) (i.e. the set of <a href="Power_series" title="Power series">power series</a> whose <a href="Constant_term" title="Constant term">constant terms</a> are zero) and its residue field is <b>F</b><sub><i>q</i></sub>. Its normalized valuation is related to the (lower) degree of a formal Laurent series as follows:
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<li>The field <b>C</b>((<i>T</i>)) of formal Laurent series over the complex numbers is <i>not</i> a local field. Its residue field is <b>C</b>[[<i>T</i>]]/(<i>T</i>) = <b>C</b>, which is not finite.</li></ol>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_unit_groups">Higher unit groups</h3></div>
<p>The <b><i>n</i><sup>th</sup> higher unit group</b> of a non-Archimedean local field <i>F</i> is
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<p>for <i>n</i>&nbsp;≥&nbsp;1. The group <i>U</i><sup>(1)</sup> is called the <b>group of principal units</b>, and any element of it is called a <b>principal unit</b>. The full unit group <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}^{\times }}">
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</p><p>The higher unit groups form a decreasing <a href="Filtration_(mathematics)" title="Filtration (mathematics)">filtration</a> of the unit group
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<p>whose <a href="Quotient_group" title="Quotient group">quotients</a> are given by
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<p>for <i>n</i>&nbsp;≥&nbsp;1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeukirch1999122_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeukirch1999122-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Here "<span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \approx }">
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_of_the_unit_group">Structure of the unit group</h3></div>
<p>The multiplicative group of non-zero elements of a non-Archimedean local field <i>F</i> is isomorphic to
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<p>where <i>q</i> is the order of the residue field, and μ<sub><i>q</i>−1</sub> is the group of (<i>q</i>−1)st roots of unity (in <i>F</i>). Its structure as an abelian group depends on its <a href="Characteristic_(algebra)" title="Characteristic (algebra)">characteristic</a>:
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theory_of_local_fields">Theory of local fields</h2></div>
<p>This theory includes the study of types of local fields, extensions of local fields using <a href="Hensel's_lemma" title="Hensel's lemma">Hensel's lemma</a>, <a href="Galois_extension" title="Galois extension">Galois extensions</a> of local fields, <a href="Ramification_group" title="Ramification group">ramification groups</a> filtrations of <a href="Galois_group" title="Galois group">Galois groups</a> of local fields, the behavior of the norm map on local fields, the local reciprocity homomorphism and existence theorem in <a href="Local_class_field_theory" title="Local class field theory">local class field theory</a>, <a href="Local_Langlands_correspondence" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Langlands correspondence">local Langlands correspondence</a>, <a href="Hodge-Tate_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Hodge-Tate theory">Hodge-Tate theory</a> (also called <a href="P-adic_Hodge_theory" title="P-adic Hodge theory"><i>p</i>-adic Hodge theory</a>), explicit formulas for the <a href="Hilbert_symbol" title="Hilbert symbol">Hilbert symbol</a> in local class field theory, see e.g.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Chapters_1-4,_7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Chapters_1-4,_7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variant_definitions">Variant definitions</h2></div>
<p>The definition for "local field" adopted in this article, as a locally compact Hausdorff non-discrete topological field, is common today. Some authors however reserve the term "local field" for what we have called "non-Archimedian local field".
</p><p>Research papers in modern number theory often consider a more general notion of non-Archimedean local field, requiring only that they be complete with respect to a <a href="Discrete_valuation" title="Discrete valuation">discrete valuation</a> and that the residue field be <a href="Perfect_field" title="Perfect field">perfect</a> of positive characteristic, not necessarily finite.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Def._1.4.6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Def._1.4.6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Serre in his 1962 book <i><a href="Local_Fields" title="Local Fields">Local Fields</a></i> defined "local fields" as fields that are complete with respect to a discrete valuation, without any restriction on the residue field, leading to a notion that is more general still.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Higher-dimensional_local_fields">Higher-dimensional local fields</h2></div>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Higher_local_field" title="Higher local field">Higher local field</a></div>
<p>A local field is sometimes called a <i>one-dimensional local field</i>.
</p><p>A non-Archimedean local field can be viewed as the field of fractions of the completion of the <a href="Local_ring" title="Local ring">local ring</a> of a one-dimensional arithmetic scheme of rank 1 at its non-singular point.
</p><p>For a <a href="Non-negative_integer" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-negative integer">non-negative integer</a> <i>n</i>, an <i>n</i>-dimensional local field is a complete discrete valuation field whose residue field is an (<i>n</i> − 1)-dimensional local field.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Def._1.4.6_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFesenkoVostokov2002Def._1.4.6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Depending on the definition of local field, a <i>zero-dimensional local field</i> is then either a finite field (with the definition used in this article), or a perfect field of positive characteristic.
</p><p>From the geometric point of view, <i>n</i>-dimensional local fields with last finite residue field are naturally associated to a complete <a href="Flag_(mathematics)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Flag (mathematics)">flag</a> of subschemes of an <i>n</i>-dimensional <a href="Arithmetic_scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Arithmetic scheme">arithmetic scheme</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Hensel's_lemma" title="Hensel's lemma">Hensel's lemma</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramification_group" title="Ramification group">Ramification group</a></li>
<li><a href="Local_class_field_theory" title="Local class field theory">Local class field theory</a></li>
<li><a href="Higher_local_field" title="Higher local field">Higher local field</a></li></ul>
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