On the average $2$-torsion in class groups and narrow class groups of cubic orders with prescribed shape
Abstract
We study the distribution of -torsion in class groups and narrow class groups of cubic fields and cubic orders subject to prescribed shape conditions. The \emph{shape} of a cubic order in a number field is a natural geometric invariant taking values in the modular surface . Fix a subset of the modular surface with positive hyperbolic measure and boundary of measure zero. Refining the methods of Bhargava and Varma, we prove that among cubic fields with shape in , the average size of the -torsion subgroup of the class group is for totally real fields and for complex fields, while the average size of the -torsion subgroup of the narrow class group for totally real cubic fields is . We also obtain analogous results for cubic orders satisfying prescribed local conditions at all primes.
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@article{arxiv.2601.04503,
title = {On the average $2$-torsion in class groups and narrow class groups of cubic orders with prescribed shape},
author = {Anwesh Ray},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.04503},
year = {2026}
}
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