On arithmetically equivalent number fields of small degree

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The authors determine possible values of the quotients of the class numbers of arithmetically equivalent number fields of degree less than 16. (Recall that number fields are said to be arithmetically equivalent if their zeta-functions coincide.) For degree less than 11 they even obtain a complete list of occurring quotients. The proof relies very much on the use of so-called Gassmann triples. If \(K\) and \(L\) are arithmetically equivalent fields their Galois closure \(\Gamma\) and therefore their Galois group \(G\) must be the same. Then \(G\) contains subgroups \(U, V\) such that \(K, L\) are the fixed fields \(K=L^U,\) \(L=L^V\), respectively. The \(G\)-sets \(X:=G/U\) and \(Y:=G/V\) are linearly equivalent, i.e. every \(g \in G\) has the same number of fixed points on \(X\) and \(Y\). The triples \((G,X,Y)\) are called Gassmann triples. The set of all such triples for transitive groups \(G\) is known since 1997. For each Gassmann triple the authors obtain bounds for the class number quotients of potentially corresponding arithmetically equivalent fields by previously established methods. Finally, they improve those bounds and get precise results for fields of degree less than 11. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0992.00024].











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