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A predicted distribution for Galois groups of maximal unramified extensions

Number Theory 2022-07-22 v2

Abstract

We consider the distribution of the Galois groups Gal(Kun/K)\operatorname{Gal}(K^{\operatorname{un}}/K) of maximal unramified extensions as KK ranges over Γ\Gamma-extensions of Q\mathbb{Q} or Fq(t)\mathbb{F}_q(t). We prove two properties of Gal(Kun/K)\operatorname{Gal}(K^{\operatorname{un}}/K) coming from number theory, which we use as motivation to build a probability distribution on profinite groups with these properties. In Part I, we build such a distribution as a limit of distributions on nn-generated profinite groups. In Part II, we prove as qq\rightarrow\infty, agreement of Gal(Kun/K)\operatorname{Gal}(K^{\operatorname{un}}/K) as KK varies over totally real Γ\Gamma-extensions of Fq(t)\mathbb{F}_q(t) with our distribution from Part I, in the moments that are relatively prime to q(q1)Γq(q-1)|\Gamma|. In particular, we prove for every finite group Γ\Gamma, in the qq\rightarrow\infty limit, the prime-to-q(q1)Γq(q-1)|\Gamma|-moments of the distribution of class groups of totally real Γ\Gamma-extensions of Fq(t)\mathbb{F}_q(t) agree with the prediction of the Cohen--Lenstra--Martinet heuristics.

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@article{arxiv.1907.05002,
  title  = {A predicted distribution for Galois groups of maximal unramified extensions},
  author = {Yuan Liu and Melanie Matchett Wood and David Zureick-Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.05002},
  year   = {2022}
}

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contains minor corrections and updates from the previous version