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,,αnKsep (Ksep is the separable closure of K)

  • βKsep with

    |βα1|<|βαi|

    for i=2,,n.

Then α1K(β).