Étale Fundamental Group

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The étale fundamental group encodes finite étale covers through automorphisms of a geometric fibre functor. Read the classification theorem alongside the spectrum-of-a-field example to connect geometric covering theory with Galois theory.

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Scheme · Galois Extension · Group Action · Functor

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  1. Start here: The Stacks Project — Fundamental groups

    The Stacks Project Authors · Online reference · English · Free full text

    Section 58.6, Definition 58.6.1, Theorem 58.6.2, and Lemma 58.6.3

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