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Counting extensions of number fields with Frobenius Galois group

Number Theory 2019-11-04 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a Frobenius group with an abelian Frobenius kernel FF and let kk be a finite extension of Q\mathbb{Q}. We obtain an upper bound for the number of degree F|F| algebraic extensions K/kK/k with Galois group GG with the norm of the discriminant Nk/Q(dK/k)\mathcal{N}_{k/\mathbb{Q}}(d_{K/k}) bounded above by XX. We extend this method for any group GG that has an abelian normal subgroup. If GG has an abelian normal subgroup, then we obtain upper bounds for the number of degree G|G| extensions N/kN/k with Galois group GG with bounded norm of the discriminant. Malle made a conjecture about what the order of magnitude of this quantity should be as the degree of the extension dd and underlying Galois group GG vary. We show that under the \ell-torsion conjecture, the upper bounds we achieve for certain pairs dd and GG agree with the prediction of Malle. Unconditionally we show that the upper bound for the number of degree 6 extensions with Galois group A4A_4 also satisfies Malle's weak conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1911.00121,
  title  = {Counting extensions of number fields with Frobenius Galois group},
  author = {Harsh Mehta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.00121},
  year   = {2019}
}

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This is a preliminary version