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Algebraic functions and class number formulas

Number Theory 2025-11-26 v2

Abstract

A class number formula is proved for extended ring class fields LO,9L_{\mathcal{O},9} over imaginary quadratic fields Kd=Q(d)K_d = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d}), in which the prime p=3p = 3 splits, by determining the fields generated by the periodic points of a well-chosen algebraic function. The number of periodic points of a given period n2n \ge 2 for this algebraic function equals six times the sum of class numbers of imaginary quadratic orders Rd\textsf{R}_{-d}, for which the Artin symbol for a prime ideal divisor 3\wp_3 in KdK_d of 33 has order nn in the Galois group of Fd/KdF_d/K_d, where FdF_d is the inertia field of 3\wp_3 in LO,9/KdL_{\mathcal{O},9}/K_d.

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@article{arxiv.2511.00583,
  title  = {Algebraic functions and class number formulas},
  author = {Sushmanth J. Akkarapakam and Patrick Morton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.00583},
  year   = {2025}
}

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44 pages, 4 tables

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