Arakelov class groups of random number fields

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Authors Alex Bartel, Henri Johnston, H. W. jun. Lenstra

Published in arXiv

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Integral representations related to algebraic numbers; Galois module structure of rings of integers (11R33) Class groups and Picard groups of orders (11R65)

Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to formulate a probabilistic model for Arakelov class groups in families of number fields, offering a correction to the Cohen--Lenstra--Martinet heuristic on ideal class groups. To that end, we show that Chinburg's Omega(3) conjecture implies tight restrictions on the Galois module structure of oriented Arakelov class groups. As a consequence, we construct a new infinite series of counterexamples to the Cohen--Lenstra--Martinet heuristic, which have the novel feature that their Galois groups are non-abelian.

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