Tame Ramification and Group Cohomology

<strong>Mathematics Seminar of the School of Physical Sciences ---------------------------------------------------------</strong> Title: <strong>Tame Ramification and Group Cohomology</strong> Speaker: <strong>Chandan Singh Dalawat</strong> (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad) Date:<strong> February 16, 2016</strong> <strong>Abstract:</strong> We describe all tamely ramified extensions of a local field with finite residue field. All necessary background will be recalled, and a number of illustrative examples will be worked out. The talk should be accessible to anyone with a little knowledge of groups and fields.