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Stable sets of primes in number fields

Number Theory 2016-02-24 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We define a new class of sets -- stable sets -- of primes in number fields. For example, Chebotarev sets PM/K(σ)P_{M/K}(\sigma), with M/KM/K Galois and σ\Gal(M/K)\sigma \in \Gal(M/K), are very often stable. These sets have positive (but arbitrary small) Dirichlet density and generalize sets with density 1 in the sense that arithmetic theorems like certain Hasse principles, the Grunwald-Wang theorem, the Riemann's existence theorem, etc. hold for them. Geometrically this allows to give examples of infinite sets SS with arbitrary small positive density such that \SpecOK,S\Spec \mathcal{O}_{K,S} is algebraic K(π,1)K(\pi,1) (for all pp simultaneous).

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@article{arxiv.1309.2800,
  title  = {Stable sets of primes in number fields},
  author = {Alexander Ivanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.2800},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

24 pages; minor changes and updates as suggested by the referees

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