A classical approach to relative quadratic extensions

arXiv2208.03515MaRDI QIDQ6407146FDOQ6407146

Authors: Hatice Boylan, Nils-Peter Skoruppa 

Publication date: 6 August 2022

Abstract: We show that we can develop from scratch and using only classical language a theory of relative quadratic extensions of a given number field $K$ which is as explicit and easy as for the well-known case that $K$ is the field of rational numbers. As an application we prove a reciprocity law which expresses the number of solutions of a given quadratic equation modulo an integral ideal $mathfraka$ of $K$ in terms of $mathfraka$ modulo the discriminant of the equation. We study various $L$-functions associated to relative quadratic extensions. In particular, we define, for totally negative algebraic integers $Delta$ of a totally real number field $K$ which are squares modulo~$4$, numbers $H(Delta,K)$, which share important properties of classical Hurwitz class numbers. In an appendix we give a quick elementary proof of certain deeper properties of the Hilbert symbol on higher unit groups of dyadic local number fields.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic extensions (11R11) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Algebraic number theory: local fields (11S99)

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