Multiquadratic fields generated by characters of A_n

Abstract: For a finite group

G

, let

K (G)

denote the field generated over

m a t h b b Q

by its character values. For

n > 24

, G. R. Robinson and J. G. Thompson proved that

K(A_n)=mathbb{Q}left ({ sqrt{p^*} : pleq n { ext{ an odd prime with } p eq n-2}} ight),

where

p^{*} := (- 1)^{f r a c p - 1 2} p

. Confirming a speculation of Thompson, we show that arbitrary suitable multiquadratic fields are similarly generated by the values of

A_{n}

-characters restricted to elements whose orders are only divisible by ramified primes. To be more precise, we say that a

p i

-number is a positive integer whose prime factors belong to a set of odd primes

p i := p_{1}, p_{2}, d o t s, p_{t}

. Let

K_{p i} (A_{n})

be the field generated by the values of

A_{n}

-characters for even permutations whose orders are

p i

-numbers. If

t g e q 2

, then we determine a constant

N_{p i}

with the property that for all

n > N_{p i}

, we have

K_{pi}(A_n)=mathbb{Q}left(sqrt{p_1^*}, sqrt{p_2^*},dots, sqrt{p_t^*} ight).

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