Groups, Coverings and Galois Theory

Hansen, Vagn Lundsgaard ; V, Peter Petersen

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 43 (1991) no. 6, pp. 1281-1293

Résumé

Finite extensions of complex commutative Banach algebras are naturally related to corresponding finite covering maps between the carrier spaces for the algebras. In the case of function rings, the finite extensions are induced by the corresponding finite covering maps, and the topological properties of the coverings are strongly reflected in the algebraic properties of the extensions and conversely. Of particular interest to us is the class of finite covering maps for which the induced extensions of function rings admit primitive generators. This is exactly the class of polynomial covering maps and the extensions are algebraic extensions defined by the underlying Weierstrass polynomials.The purpose of this paper is to develop a suitable Galois theory for finite extensions of function rings induced by finite covering maps and to apply it in the case of Weierstrass polynomials and polynomial covering maps.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1991-073-0

Mots-clés : 57M12, 13B25, 46J10

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