On 2-rank of the ideal class groups of algebraic number fields.

1975 ◽  
Vol 1975 (273) ◽  
pp. 165-169
Keyword(s):  
Algebraic Number ◽  
Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Algebraic Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class Groups ◽  
The Ideal

scholarly journals A Note on Ideal Class Groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Keyword(s):  
Class Group ◽  
Cyclotomic Field ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class ◽  
Ideal Class Group ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Algebraic Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class Groups ◽  
The Ideal

In the first part of the present paper, we shall make some simple observations on the ideal class groups of algebraic number fields, following the group-theoretical method of Tschebotarew. The applications on cyclotomic fields (Theorems 5, 6) may be of some interest. In the last section, we shall give a proof to a theorem of Kummer on the ideal class group of a cyclotomic field.

scholarly journals Exponents of the class groups of imaginary Abelian number fields

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Earnest
Keyword(s):  
Algebraic Number ◽  
Quadratic Forms ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class ◽  
Ideal Class Group ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Algebraic Number Fields ◽  
Abelian Field ◽  
The Ideal

It is a classical result, deriving from the Gaussian theory of genera of integral binary quadratic forms, that there exist only finitely many imaginary quadratic fields for which the ideal class group is a group of exponent two. This finiteness has been shown to extend to all those totally imaginary quadratic extensions of any fixed totally real algebraic number field. In this paper we put forward the conjecture that there exist only finitely many imaginary abelian algebraic number fields which have ideal class groups of exponent two, and we examine the extent to which existing methods can be brought to bear on this conjecture. One consequence of the validity of the conjecture would be a proof of the existence of finite abelian groups which do not occur as the ideal class group of any imaginary abelian field.

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