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On the $2$-torsion in class groups of number fields

Number Theory 2025-12-10 v2

Abstract

In 20202020, Bhargava, Shankar, Taniguchi, Thorne, Tsimerman, and Zhao proved that for a finite extension K/QK/\mathbb{Q} of degree n5n\geq 5, the size of the 22-torsion class group is bounded by #h2(K)=On,ε(DK1212n+ε)\# h_{2}(K)=O_{n,\varepsilon}(D_{K}^{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2n}+\varepsilon}), where DKD_{K} is the absolute discriminant of KK. In the present paper, we improve their bound by proving that #h2(K)=On,ε(DK1212nδK+ε)\# h_{2}(K)=O_{n,\varepsilon}(D_{K}^{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2n}-\delta_{K}+\varepsilon}), for a constant δK128n328n(n1)\delta_{K}\geq\frac{1}{28n}-\frac{3}{28n(n-1)}.

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@article{arxiv.2511.21899,
  title  = {On the $2$-torsion in class groups of number fields},
  author = {Dante Bonolis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.21899},
  year   = {2025}
}