Abstract:
We study the possibility of a meaningful extension of the ring of cohomologies of a point using algebraic extensions of local fields. It appears that complex $K$-theory is a good model problem for this. We prove that the effect of the Adams operation on the cohomologies of a point in extended $K$-theory coincides with the symbol for the local Artin reciprocity law. $K$-theories contained in a fixed $K$-theory with extended ring of cohomologies of a point are defined by higher branching groups.