Mock covers and Galois extensions (Q802619)

This is an important research in Galois theory of schemes. As in his paper in Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 262, 399-415 (1980; Zbl 0461.14001), but in more general cases, the author uses the notion of mock cover to construct Galois coverings of curves. The main results are formulated in terms of Galois extensions of domains. More precisely, in various cases the existence of regular Galois extensions of the given domain T with the given (arbitrary finite) Galois group G is proved. Among these cases are: \((i)\quad T=k[x][[t]],\) where k is a field containing the primitive n-th roots of unity for all n (with \(char k=0);\) \((iii)\quad T=k[x][[t]]\) or \(T=k[x],\) where k is an algebraically closed field with \(char k\neq 0;\) \((iii)\quad T={\mathfrak O}[[t]],\) where \({\mathfrak O}\) is the ring of integers of a number field; \((iv)\quad T={\mathbb{Z}}_{r+}[[t]],\) the subring of \({\mathbb{Z}}[[t]]\) consisting of power series with radius of convergence greater than r, where \(0<r<1\). The notion of Galois extension of domains is defined as follows. Let \(S\supset T\) be domains and G be a finite group which acts on S; S is a Galois extension of T with group G, if the field of fractions of S is a Galois extension of the field of fractions of T with group G, where S is finite over T. The Galois extension \(S\supset T\) is regular, if T is considered as A-algebra such that A is algebraically closed in T, and if A is algebraically closed in S as well.