Calculating formula and divisibility for relative class numbers of abelian function fields (Q838457)
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Calculating formula and divisibility for relative class numbers of abelian function fields (English)
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26 August 2009
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Let \(P\) be an irreducible polynomial of degree \(d>0\) over a finite field \(F_q\) of odd characteristic \(p\). Let \(L\) be the cyclotomic function field corresponding to \(P\). Let \(K\) be a subextension of \(L\) containing the maximal real subfield \(L^+\) of the field \(L\). The main result of the paper is an explicit determinant formula for the relative divisor class number \(h^{-}_K=h_K/h_{L^+}\) of the field \(K.\) Using this formula the authors give a criterion when the relative divisor class number is divisible by the characteristic \(p.\)
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Carlitz-module
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cyclotomic function field
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class number
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character
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