Generating class fields using Shimura reciprocity

DOI10.1007/BFB0054883MaRDI QIDQ3840187zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alice Gee, Peter Stevenhagen

Publication date 30 May 1999

Published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BFB0054883

zbMATH Keywords

class fieldsHilbert class fieldShimura reciprocityWeber modular functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modular and automorphic functions (11F03) Class field theory (11R37) Algebraic number theory computations (11Y40)

Review text

It is classical (Weber) that the Hilbert class field of an imaginary quadratic field is given by the modular invariant \(j(z)\) for \(z=\theta\), where \(\theta\) is a surd with the field discriminant \(D\). It is also classical that certain auxiliary functions \(\sqrt n\eta(nz)/ \eta(z)\), particularly for \(n=2\) (or \(n= 3)\), lead to modular invariants of more manageable size than \(j(z)\). [Compare \textit{N. Yui} and \textit{D. Zagier}, Math. Comput. 66, 1645-1662 (1997; Zbl 0892.11022)]. It is necessary to select the suitable conjugate of the auxiliary function and a factor from the 48th (or 72nd) roots of unity. This is done by using Shimura reciprocity to test for invariance over the class field [\textit{G. Shimura}, Introduction to the arithmetic theory of automorphic functions, Iwanami Shoten and Princeton University Press (1971; Zbl 0221.10029), Chapter 6]. The authors use the illustrations for \(D=-71,-580,-471,-803\) for \(n=2\) and also \(D=-71\) for \(n=3\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0891.00022].

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