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On the number of ramified primes in specializations of function fields over $\mathbb{Q}$

Number Theory 2018-09-28 v2

Abstract

We study the number of ramified prime numbers in finite Galois extensions of Q\mathbb{Q} obtained by specializing a finite Galois extension of Q(T)\mathbb{Q}(T). Our main result is a central limit theorem for this number. We also give some Galois theoretical applications.

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@article{arxiv.1511.02478,
  title  = {On the number of ramified primes in specializations of function fields over $\mathbb{Q}$},
  author = {Lior Bary-Soroker and François Legrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02478},
  year   = {2018}
}

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To appear in the New York Journal of Mathematics