Classification of finite W-groups

Abstract: We determine the structure of the W-group

m a t h c a l G_{F}

, the small Galois quotient of the absolute Galois group

G_{F}

of the Pythagorean formally real field

F

when the space of orderings

X_{F}

has finite order. Based on Marshall's work (1979), we reduce the structure of

m a t h c a l G_{F}

to that of

, the W-group of the residue field

when

X_{F}

is a connected space. In the disconnected case, the structure of

m a t h c a l G_{F}

is the free product of the W-groups

m a t h c a l G_{F_{i}}

corresponding to the connected components

X_{i}

of

X_{F}

. We also give a completely Galois theoretic proof for Marshall's Basic Lemma.

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