The inverse Galois problem for p-adic fields

Abstract: We describe a method for counting the number of extensions of

m a t h b b Q_{p}

with a given Galois group

G

, founded upon the description of the absolute Galois group of

m a t h b b Q_{p}

due to Jannsen and Wingberg. Because this description is only known for odd

p

, our results do not apply to

m a t h b b Q_{2}

. We report on the results of counting such extensions for

G

of order up to

2000

(except those divisible by

512

), for

p = 3, 5, 7, 11, 13

. In particular, we highlight a relatively short list of minimal

G

that do not arise as Galois groups. Motivated by this list, we prove two theorems about the inverse Galois problem for

m a t h b b Q_{p}

: one giving a necessary condition for

G

to be realizable over

m a t h b b Q_{p}

and the other giving a sufficient condition.

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