On the Galois module structure of ideal class groups

DOI10.1017/S0027763000008072MaRDI QIDQ4545194zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Toru Komatsu, Shin Nakano

Publication date 14 August 2002

Published in Nagoya Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0027763000008072

zbMATH Keywords

Galois extension fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other number fields (11R21) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29)

Review text

Let \(K/k\) be a Galois extension over a number field of degree \(n\) and \(p\) be a prime number which does not divide \(n\). Then, the \(p\)-rank of the ideal class group of \(K\) has been investigated by \textit{K. Iwasawa} [Nagoya Math. J. 27, 239--247 (1966; Zbl 0139.28104)], \textit{J. M. Masley} [Compos. Math. 37, 297--319 (1978; Zbl 0428.12003)], and many others. In this paper, the authors intend to give more general results by removing some conditions assumed there. Namely, denote by \(c(n,p)\) the order of \(p\) in the group \((\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times\), and by \(d(n,p)\) the minimum of \(c(\ell,p)\) for all prime factors \(\ell\) of \(n\). Denote by \(C(L)\) and \(h(L)\) the ideal class group and the class number of an algebraic number field \(L\), and for a finite abelian group \(A\), denote by \(r_pA\) its \(p\)-rank. Then, they obtain the following 3 theorems: Theorem 1: \(r_pC(K)-r_pC(k)\geq d(n,p)\). Theorem 2: For a cyclic extension \(K/k\) of prime degree \(\ell\neq p\), \(r_pC(K)\equiv r_pC(k)\pmod {c(\ell,p)}\) holds. Theorem 3. For a solvable extension \(K/k\) of degree \(n\) prime to \(p\), \(r_pC(K)\equiv r_pC(k)\pmod {e(\ell,p)}\) holds, where \(e(\ell,p)\) is the greatest common divisor of \(c(\ell,p)\) for all prime factors \(\ell\) of \(n\).

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