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The residue field of a nonarchimedean local field is the quotient of its ring of integers by its unique maximal ideal.

The residue field is finite and its characteristic $p$ is the residue field characteristic. Finite extensions of $\Q_p$ have residue field characteristic $p$.

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  • Last edited by Andrew Sutherland on 2020-10-24 17:07:26
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