Cohomology groups of Fermat curves via ray class fields of cyclotomic fields

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2020.02.030zbMATH Open1448.11202arXiv1806.08352OpenAlexW3015047707MaRDI QIDQ1987209FDOQ1987209

Rachel Davis, Rachel Pries

Publication date: 14 April 2020

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The absolute Galois group of the cyclotomic field $K=mathbbQ(zet{a}_p)$ acts on the 'etale homology of the Fermat curve $X$ of exponent $p$. We study a Galois cohomology group which is valuable for measuring an obstruction for $K$-rational points on $X$. We analyze a $2$-nilpotent extension of $K$ which contains the information needed for measuring this obstruction. We determine a large subquotient of this Galois cohomology group which arises from Heisenberg extensions of $K$. For $p=3$, we perform a Magma computation with ray class fields, group cohomology, and Galois cohomology, which determines it completely.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.08352

zbMATH Keywords

class field theorycyclotomic fieldHeisenberg grouptransgressionhomologyGalois cohomologyFermat curveabsolute Galois groupobstructionray class field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Class field theory (11R37) Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Étale and other Grothendieck topologies and (co)homologies (14F20) Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Algebraic number theory computations (11Y40) Galois cohomology (11R34) Cyclotomic extensions (11R18) Obstruction theory in algebraic topology (55S35)

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Uses Software

• Magma

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