Upper bounds for the number of number fields with alternating Galois group

Abstract: We study the number

N (n, A_{n}, X)

of number fields of degree

n

whose Galois closure has Galois group

A_{n}

and whose discriminant is bounded by

X

. By a conjecture of Malle, we expect that

N (n, A_{n}, X) s i m C_{n} X^{1 / 2} (l o g X)^{b_{n}}

, for constants

b_{n}

and

C_{n}

. For

5 < n < 84394

, the best known upper bound is

N (n, A_{n}, X) l l X^{f r a c n + 2 4}

; this bound follows from Schmidt's Theorem, which implies there are

l l X^{f r a c n + 2 4}

number fields of degree

n

. (For

n > 84393

, there are better bounds due to Ellenberg and Venkatesh.) We show, using the important work of Pila on counting integral points on curves, that

N (n, A_{n}, X) l l X^{f r a c n^{2} - 2 4 (n - 1) + e p s i l o n}

, thereby improving the best previous exponent by approximately 1/4 for

5 < n < 84394

.

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