The étale index equals the index over iterated Laurent series fields

Let k=C((t1))((td))k=\mathbb{C}((t_1))\cdots((t_d)) be an iterated Laurent series field over the complex numbers, and let αBr(k)\alpha\in\operatorname{Br}(k). Here eti(α)eti(\alpha) denotes the étale index and ind(α)ind(\alpha) the index of the Brauer class.

Étale-index conjecture.

eti(α)=ind(α).eti(\alpha)=ind(\alpha).

The conjecture concerns equality of the étale index and the index over dd-local fields of this form. The source gives supporting evidence from a result of Becher and Hoffman bounding the index by a power of the period, but does not state that the conjecture is resolved.

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Primary source

Benjamin Antieau, “Cohomological obstruction theory for Brauer classes and the period-index problem”, arXiv:0909.2352 (2010).

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