A mean value theorem for orders of degree zero divisor class groups of quadratic extensions over a function field (Q1763996)

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    A mean value theorem for orders of degree zero divisor class groups of quadratic extensions over a function field
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      A mean value theorem for orders of degree zero divisor class groups of quadratic extensions over a function field (English)
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      22 February 2005
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      The main result of this work is a density theorem in the form of a mean value for ``class number times regulator'' for quadratic extensions over function fields in one variable over a finite field of odd characteristic. The techniques are those of global zeta functions associated to prehomogeneous spaces, analogous to work in the number field setting by Datskovsky [\textit{M. Knopp}, (ed.) et al., A tribute to Emil Grosswald: number theory and related analysis. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. Contemp. Math. 143, 179--242 (1993; Zbl 0791.11058)]. The author reports that similar results are found in the 2001 Temple Univ. Ph.D. dissertation of A.-R. Ibrahim.
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      density theorems
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      prehomogeneous vector space
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      quadratic forms
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      zeta function
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