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## Idea

Galois cohomology is the group cohomology of Galois groups $G$. Specifically, for $G$ the Galois group of a field extension $L/K$, Galois cohomology refers to the group cohomology of $G$ with coefficients in a $G$-module naturally associated to $L$.

Galois cohomology is studied notably in the context of algebraic number theory.

## Properties

### Relation to étale cohomology

Galois cohomology of a field $k$ is essentially the étale cohomology of the spectrum $Spec(k)$.

### In terms of cohesive homotopy type theory

We make some comments on the formulation of Galois cohomology in cohesive homotopy type theory.

As discussed at Galois theory, the absolute Galois group $G_{Galois}$ of a field $K$ is the fundamental group of the spectrum $X \coloneqq Spec(K)$. Hence its delooping $\mathbf{B}G_{Galois}$ is the fundamental groupoid

$\Pi_1(X) \simeq \mathbf{B}G_{Galois} \,.$

In cohesive homotopy type theory there exists the fundamental ∞-groupoid-construction – the shape modality $\Pi$

$X \colon Type \;\vdash \; \Pi(X) \colon Type \,.$

Moreover, by the discussion at group cohomology in the section group cohomology - In terms of homotopy type theory

1. a $G_{Galois}$-module $A$ is a $\mathbf{B}G_{Galois}$-dependent type;

2. the group cohomology is the dependent product over the function type

$\vdash \; \left( \prod_{x \colon \mathbf{B}G_{Galois}} \left( * \to A \right)\right) \colon Type \,.$

Hence, generally in cohesive homotopy type theory, for $X$ a type and

$x \colon \Pi(X) \;\vdash \; A(x) \colon Type$

a $\Pi(X)$-dependent type, we can say that the corresponding $\infty$-Galois cohomology is

$\vdash \; \left( \prod_{x \colon \Pi(X)} \left( * \to A\right) \right) \colon Type \,.$

Warning. Currently there is not written down yet a model for cohesive homotopy type theory given by a cohesive (∞,1)-topos over a site like the étale site.

## References

A generalization in the setup of corings:

• Tomasz Brzezi?ski?, Descent cohomology and corings, Comm Algebra 36:1894-1900, 2008, math.RA/0601491

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