Lemma 8.3 (Kummer’s Lemma). Assuming that:

  • (K,|∙|) a complete discretely valued field

  • f(X)∈K[X] a separable irreducible polynomial with roots α1,…,αn∈Ksep (Ksep is the separable closure of K)

  • β∈Ksep with

    |β−α1|<|β−αi|

    for i=2,…,n.

Then α1∈K(β).