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P\'olya-Ostrowski Group and Unit Index in Real Biquadratic Fields

Number Theory 2026-01-01 v4

Abstract

The P\'olya-Ostrowski group of a Galois number field KK, is the subgroup Po(K)Po(K) of the ideal class group Cl(K)Cl(K) of KK generated by the classes of all the strongly ambiguous ideals of KK. The number field KK is called a P\'olya field, whenever Po(K)Po(K) is trivial. In this paper, using some results of Bennett Setzer \cite{Bennett} and Zantema \cite{Zantema}, we give an explicit relation between the order of P\'olya groups and the Hasse unit indices in real biquadratic fields. As an application, we refine Zantema's upper bound on the number of ramified primes in P\'olya real biquadratic fields.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01904,
  title  = {P\'olya-Ostrowski Group and Unit Index in Real Biquadratic Fields},
  author = {Huda Naeem Hleeb Al-Jabbari and Abbas Maarefparvar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01904},
  year   = {2026}
}
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