Class numbers of cyclotomic fields (Q1068892)

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Class numbers of cyclotomic fields
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    Class numbers of cyclotomic fields (English)
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    Let \(h^+_ n\) be the class number of \({\mathbb{Q}}(\cos 2\pi /n)\), the maximal real subfield of the nth cyclotomic field. In this paper the authors show that if the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis holds, then \(h^+_ p>p\) for \(p=11 290 018 777\). In a more general context, they show without the GRH that if \(\epsilon >0\), there are infinitely many n such that \(h^+_ n>n^{3/2-\epsilon}.\) Further, if \(\ell \not\equiv 2 (mod 4)\) and n is the product of 4 distinct primes congruent to 1 (mod \(\ell)\), then \(\ell /2\) (\(\ell\), if \(\ell\) is odd) divides \(h^+_ n\). If the primes are congruent to 1 (mod \(4\ell)\), then \(2\ell\) divides \(h^+_ n\).
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    divisibility of class numbers
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    cyclotomic field
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    Generalized Riemann Hypothesis
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    GRH
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