Cyclotomic Swan subgroups and primitive roots
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Let where is a primitive th root of unity. Let be prime and let denote the group of order The ring of algebraic integers of is Let denote the order in the algebra Consider the kernel group and the Swan subgroup If these two subgroups of the class group coincide. Restricting to when there is a rational prime that is prime in requires or where is prime. For each such , we give such a prime, and show that one may compute as a quotient of the group of units of a finite field. When we give exact values for , and for other cases we provide an upper bound. We explore the Galois module theoretic implications of these results.
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@article{arxiv.math/0211468,
title = {Cyclotomic Swan subgroups and primitive roots},
author = {Timothy Kohl and Daniel Replogle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0211468},
year = {2007}
}