Explicit reciprocity laws in the theory of local fields
https://doi.org/10.22405/2226-8383-2025-26-4-37-70
Abstract
This paper surveys different approaches to explicit formulas for the Hilbert symbol and their generalizations to 𝑝-adic representations in terms of 𝑝-adic Hodge theory.
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