The tame kernels of number fields

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Authors Xuejun Guo, Hourong Qin

Publication date 21 July 2012

zbMATH Keywords

\(p^n\)-rankreflectiontame kernels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Iwasawa theory (11R23) (K)-theory of global fields (11R70) Symbols and arithmetic ((K)-theoretic aspects) (19F15)

Review text

This is a survey of results obtained by numerous authors on the \(p^n\)-rank of \(K_2 {\mathcal O}_F,\) \({\mathcal O}_F\) being the ring of integers of a number field \(F\). For \(p = 2\), \(n = 1, 2, 3\), the authors concentrate on quadratic fields. Results for \(p\) odd are more scarce and concern particular fields (quadratic, sometimes cyclic cubic or quintic fields). In spite of the number and variety of the papers cited here, one can draw a guideline in the methods which are most widely used : \(K_2 {\mathcal O}_F\) is identified with the tame kernel in \(K_2 F\) ; apart from computation of symbols, the main tools are reflection inequalities in the style of Scholz, relating the \(p\)-ranks of \(K_2 {\mathcal O}_F\) and of the class group of \(F(\mu_p)\) (see e.g., [\textit{H. Qin}, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 214, No. 7, 1181--1192 (2010; Zbl 1223.11136)], where \(F\) is a quadratic extension of a totally real field) ; when computing numerical tables, one can appeal to the Lichtenbaum conjecture (now a theorem for abelian fields) to bound the order of \(K_2 {\mathcal O}_F.\) But note that the unifying point of view given by Iwasawa theory and the Quillen-Lichtenbaum conjecture (when of course it can be exploited) is rarely used : namely, the \(p\)-primary part of the wild kernel \(WK_{2m-2}(F)\) is canonically isomorphic to the co-invariants of the \((-m)\)-twist of the unramified and totally split Iwasawa module attached to the cyclotomic \({\mathbb Z}_p\)-extension of \(F(\mu_p)\) [\textit{P. Schneider}, Math. Z. 168, 181--205 (1979; Zbl 0421.12024)]. For applications, see e.g., [\textit{M. Kolster}, Prog. Math. 116, 37--62 (1994; Zbl 1043.19500)] or \textit{T. Nguyen Quang Do} [Théorie d'Iwasawa des noyaux sauvages étales d'un corps de nombres. Théorie des nombres. Années 1998/2001. Besançon: Université de Franche-Comté. Publ. Math. UFR Sci. Tech. Besançon (2002; Zbl 1161.11395)].NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1235.00045].

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Cited in

(11)

• On the ring of integers of a tame Kummer extension over a number field.
• The tame-wild principle for discriminant relations for number fields
• The Sylow p-subgroups of tame kernels in dihedral extensions of number fields
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5543019 (Why is no real title available?)
• On the p-rank of the tame kernel of algebraic number fields.
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1013032 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1559510 (Why is no real title available?)
• Tame kernels and second regulators of number fields and their subfields
• On thep²-Rank of Tame Kernels of Quadratic Fields
• Tame kernels of quadratic number fields: Numerical heuristics.
• Tame fields and distinguished pairs

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