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A new formula for Chebotarev densities

Number Theory 2022-06-22 v4

Abstract

We give a new formula for the Chebotarev densities of Frobenius elements in Galois groups. This formula is given in terms of smallest prime factors pmin(n)p_{\mathrm{min}}(n) of integers n2n\geq2. More precisely, let CC be a conjugacy class of the Galois group of some finite Galois extension KK of Q\mathbb{Q}. Then we prove that limX2nX[K/Qpmin(n)]=Cμ(n)n=#C#G.-\lim_{X\rightarrow\infty}\sum_{\substack{2\leq n\leq X\\[1pt]\left[\frac{K/\mathbb{Q}}{p_{\mathrm{min}}(n)}\right]=C}}\frac{\mu(n)}{n}=\frac{\#C}{\#G}. This theorem is a generalization of a result of Alladi from 1977 that asserts that largest prime divisors pmax(n)p_{\mathrm{max}}(n) are equidistributed in arithmetic progressions modulo an integer kk, which occurs when KK is a cyclotomic field Q(ζk)\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_k).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1703.08194,
  title  = {A new formula for Chebotarev densities},
  author = {Madeline Locus Dawsey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08194},
  year   = {2022}
}
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