8-rank of the class group and isotropy index

Abstract: Suppose

F = m a t h b b Q (s q r t - p_{1} d o t s m p_{t})

is an imaginary quadratic number field with distinct primes

p_{1}, d o t s, p_{t}

, where

p_{i} e q u i v 1 p m o d 4

(

i = 1, d o t s, t - 1

) and

p_{t} e q u i v 3 p m o d 4

. We express the possible values of the 8-rank

r_{8}

of the class group of

F

in terms of a quadratic form

Q

over

m a t h b b F_{2}

which is defined by quartic symbols. In particular, we show that

r_{8}

is bounded by the isotropy index of

Q

.

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