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The Algebraic Closure of the Power Series Field in Positive Characteristic

Kiran S. Kedlaya

math.AGarXiv:math/9810142

Abstract

We answer a question of Abhyankar by constructing an algebraic closure of the field of power series over a field of positive characteristic, using "generalized power series". (The corresponding construction in characteristic 0 dates back to Newton.)

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