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Class Group Relations in a Function Field Analogue of ${\mathbb Q}(\zeta_p, \sqrt[p]{n})$

Number Theory 2020-11-18 v1

Abstract

For an odd prime pp and polynomial P(T)P(T), we consider the extension FF of k=Fp(T)k={\mathbb F}_p(T) defined by adjoining a root of xp+TxP(T)x^p+Tx-P(T). Such a field is a function field analogue of the number field Q(np){\mathbb Q}(\sqrt[p]{n}). We prove two theorems about the Galois closure LL of FF: that its degree-0 divisor class group is Ap1A^{p-1} for some group AA, and that its class number is the (p1)(p-1)-st power of the class number of FF, in analogy with results of R. Schoof and T. Honda for number fields.

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@article{arxiv.2011.08640,
  title  = {Class Group Relations in a Function Field Analogue of ${\mathbb Q}(\zeta_p, \sqrt[p]{n})$},
  author = {Steven Reich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.08640},
  year   = {2020}
}