A computational technique for determining relative class numbers of CM-fields
The author provides a new technique for computing the relative class number of any CM field. Let \(N\) be a CM field, i.e., a totally imaginary quadratic extension of a totally real number field \(N^+\), and define the relative class number \(h_{\overline{N}}= h_N/h_{N^+}\), where \(h_N\) (resp. \(h_{N^+}\)) is the class number of \(N\) (resp. \(N^+\)). The previous general method for computing the relative class number of any CM field, as developed by Shintani, requires the knowledge of a system of fundamental units of the group of totally positive units of \(N^+\). The author establishes a new formula for the computation of \(h_{\overline{N}}\) for any CM field which does not involve any regulators. His formula involves the Hasse unit index of \(N\), the number of roots of unity in \(N\), the degree of \(N^+\), the absolute value of the discriminant of both \(N\) and \(N^+\), the coefficients of a Dirichlet series, and the Gamma function. The author points out that in order to utilize his new formula, it is necessary to know how to compute the decomposition of any rational prime into a product of prime ideals of \(N\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0852.00023].
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