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Galois module structure of square power classes for biquadratic extensions

Number Theory 2022-05-27 v2

Abstract

For a Galois extension K/FK/F with char(K)2\text{char}(K)\neq 2 and Gal(K/F)Z/2ZZ/2Z\text{Gal}(K/F) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}, we determine the F2[Gal(K/F)]\mathbb{F}_2[\text{Gal}(K/F)]-module structure of K×/K×2K^\times/K^{\times 2}. Although there are an infinite number of (pairwise non-isomorphic) indecomposable F2[Z/2ZZ/2Z]\mathbb{F}_2[\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}]-modules, our decomposition includes at most 99 indecomposable types. This paper marks the first time that the Galois module structure of power classes of a field has been fully determined when the modular representation theory allows for an infinite number of indecomposable types.

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@article{arxiv.2105.13207,
  title  = {Galois module structure of square power classes for biquadratic extensions},
  author = {Frank Chemotti and Jan Minac and Andrew Schultz and John Swallow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.13207},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v1: 26 pages. v2: 23 pages. Theorem 1 includes an additional summand type; corresponding adjustments appear in section 3. Section 6 contains new results on realizability. Miscellaneous typos corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-24T02:31:58.953Z