From class groups to class fields

MaRDI QIDQ4247785zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michael E. Pohst

Publication date 19 August 2001

zbMATH Keywords

Artin mapsclass groupsHilbert class fieldsintegral basesKummer extensionsray class fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to number theory (11-02) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Class field theory (11R37) Algebraic number theory computations (11Y40)

Review text

The author summarizes the progress of the titled-research by starting with reference to his work with \textit{H. Zassenhaus} [Algorithmic algebraic number theory, Cambridge (1989; Zbl 0685.12001)] and on to the plethoric program systems like KANT, KASH, PARI, SIMATH, etc., with special programs for bases and extensions with given conductor, not to mention data bases of millions of fields. The net effect is that Hilbert class fields of degree over 100, integral bases of order 1000 occur with ray class fields in the vanguard. The subroutines are continuing to use Kummer extensions of a field (augmented by units) and then descend to the desired class field with minimal effort. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0903.00035].

Recommendations

• On the computation of Hilbert class fields
• On computing subfields
• Computing ray class groups, conductors and discriminants

Cited in

(2)

• From fields to fields
• On the construction of class fields

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• KANT/KASH
• SIMATH

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