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Density questions on arithmetic equivalence

Number Theory 2021-06-03 v1

Abstract

It is a classic result that two number fields have equal Dedekind zeta functions if and only if the arithmetic type of a prime pp is the same in both fields for almost all prime pp. Here, almost all means with the possible exception of a set of Dirichlet density zero. One of the results of this paper shows that the condition density zero can be improved to a specific positive density that depends solely in the degree of the fields. More specifically, for every positive nn we exhibit a positive constan cnc_{n} such that any two degree nn number fields KK and LL are arithmetically equivalent if and only if the set of primes pp such that the arithmetic type of pp in KK and LL is not the same has Dirichlet density at most cnc_n. We in fact show that cn=14n2\displaystyle c_n=\frac{1}{4n^2} works and give a heuristic evidence that points to the fact that this value might be improved to 2n2\displaystyle \frac{2}{n^2}. We also show that to check whether or not two number fields are arithmetically equivalent it is enough to check equality between finitely many coefficients of their zeta functions, and we give an upper bound for such number.

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@article{arxiv.2106.01166,
  title  = {Density questions on arithmetic equivalence},
  author = {Guillermo Mantilla-Soler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.01166},
  year   = {2021}
}
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