On the density of abelian l-extensions

MaRDI QIDQ6265161zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors C.-Y. Chuang, Yen-Liang Kuan

Publication date 4 September 2015

Abstract: We derive an asymptotic formula which counts the number of abelian extensions of prime degrees over rational function fields. Specifically, let $ell$ be a rational prime and $K$ a rational function field $Bbb{F}_q(t)$ with $ellmidq$. Let $extup{Disc}_{f}left(F/Kight)$ denote the finite discriminant of $F$ over $K$. Denote the number of abelian $ell$-extensions $F/K$ with $extupdegleft(extup{Disc}_f(F/K)ight)=(ell-1)alphan$ by $a_{ell}(n)$, where $alpha=alpha(q,ell)$ is the order of $q$ in the multiplicative group $left(BbbZ/ellBbbZight{)}^{i}mes$. We give a explicit asymptotic formula for $a_{e}ll(n)$. In the case of cubic extensions with $qequiv2pmod3$, our formula gives an exact analogue of Cohn's classical formula.

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