Unramified Extension of a $p$-Adic Field

A finite extension with ramification index $e=1$, controlled by residue fields
Unramified Extension of a pp-Adic Field

Let K/kK/k be a finite extension of nonarchimedean local fields (e.g. pp-adic fields).

The extension is unramified if its ramification index e(K/k)=1e(K/k)=1 (equivalently, pkOK=pK\mathfrak p_k\mathcal O_K=\mathfrak p_K).

Equivalently, OK/pK\mathcal O_K/\mathfrak p_K is a finite extension of Ok/pk\mathcal O_k/\mathfrak p_k of degree [K:k][K:k].

Key fact: in the Galois unramified case, there is a canonical generating Gal(K/k)\mathrm{Gal}(K/k).