On torsion in \(K_ 2\) of fields (Q1181460)
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On torsion in \(K_ 2\) of fields (English)
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27 June 1992
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Results of Mercurjev-Suslin and Levine relating the torsion and cotorsion of the functors \(K_ 2\) and \(K_ 3\) of a field \(F\) to Galois-cohomology are used to describe the \(p\)-torsion \((p\neq\text{char}F)\) of \(K_ 2(F)\) in terms of the cyclotomic extension \(F(\mu_{p^ \infty})\) of \(F\).
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\(K\)-theory of fields
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Galois-cohomology
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\(p\)-torsion
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cyclotomic extension
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