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On Furtw\"angler's theorems and second case of Fermat's Last Theorem

Number Theory 2013-04-24 v1

Abstract

This article, complement to the article [Que], deals with some generalizations of Futw\"angler's theorems for the second case of Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT2). Let pp be an odd prime, ζ\zeta a ppth primitive root of unity, K:=\Q(ζ)K:=\Q(\zeta) and CKC\ell_K the class group of KK. A prime qq is said pp-principal if the class cK(\mkqK)CKc\ell_K (\mk q_K)\in C\ell_K of any prime ideal \mkqK\mk q_K of ZK\Z_K over qq is the ppth power of a class. Assume that FLT2 fails for (p,x,y,z)(p,x,y,z) where x,y,zx, y, z are mutually coprime integers, pp divides yy and xp+yp+zp=0x^p+y^p+z^p=0. Let qq be a prime dividing (xp+yp)(yp+zp)(zp+xp)(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)\frac{(x^p+y^p)(y^p+z^p)(z^p+x^p)}{(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)} and \mkqK\mk q_K be any prime ideal of KK over qq. We obtain the pp-power residue symbols relations: (p\mkqK)K=(1ζj\mkqK)Kforj=1,,p1.(\frac{p}{\mk q_K})_K=(\frac{1-\zeta^j}{\mk q_K})_K for j=1,\dots,p-1. As an application, we prove that: if Vandiver's conjecture holds for pp then qq is a pp-principal prime. Similarly, let qq be a prime dividing (xpyp)(ypzp)(zpxp)(xy)(yz)(zx)\frac{(x^p-y^p)(y^p-z^p)(z^p-x^p)}{(x-y)(y-z)(z-x)} and \mkqK\mk q_K be the prime ideal of KK over qq dividing (xζy)(zζy)(xζz)(x\zeta-y)(z\zeta-y)(x\zeta -z). We give an explicit formula for the pp-power residue symbols (ϵk\mkqK)K(\frac{\epsilon_{k}}{\mk q_K})_K for all kk with 1<kp12,1<k\leq\frac{p-1}{2}, where ϵk\epsilon_k is the cyclotomic unit given by ϵk=:ζ(1k)/21+ζk1+ζ.\epsilon_k=:\zeta^{(1-k)/2}\cdot\frac{1+\zeta^k}{1+\zeta}. The principle of proofs rely on the pp-Hilbert class field theory.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1304.6179,
  title  = {On Furtw\"angler's theorems and second case of Fermat's Last Theorem},
  author = {Roland Quême},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6179},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

13 pages; this article is a part of the restructuration of the article : Complements on Furtw\"angler's second theorem and Vandiver's cyclotomic units, arXiv 1109.0956 (2011)