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Stability of 2-class groups in the $\mathbb{Z}_2$-extension of certain real biquadratic fields

Number Theory 2025-01-23 v1

Abstract

Greenberg's conjecture on the stability of \ell-class groups in the cyclotomic Z\mathbb{Z}_{\ell}-extension of a real field has been proven for various infinite families of real quadratic fields for the prime =2\ell=2. In this work, we consider an infinite family of real biquadratic fields KK. With some extensive use of elementary group theoretic and class field theoretic arguments, we investigate the 22-class groups of the nn-th layers KnK_n of the cyclotomic Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-extension of KK and verify Greenberg's conjecture. We also relate capitulation of ideal classes of certain sub-extensions of KnK_n to the relative sizes of the 22-class groups.

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@article{arxiv.2501.12782,
  title  = {Stability of 2-class groups in the $\mathbb{Z}_2$-extension of certain real biquadratic fields},
  author = {H Laxmi and Anupam Saikia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12782},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages