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The $(\alpha, \beta)-$ramification invariants of a number field

Number Theory 2019-06-12 v1

Abstract

Let LL be a number field. For a given prime pp we define integers αpL\alpha_{p}^{L} and βpL\beta_{p}^{L} with some interesting arithmetic properties. For instance, βpL\beta_{p}^{L} is equal to 11 whenever pp does not ramify in LL and αpL\alpha_{p}^{L} is divisible by pp whenever pp is wildly ramified in LL. The aforementioned properties, although interesting, follow easily from definitions; however a more interesting application of these invariants is the fact that they completely characterize the Dedekind zeta function of LL. Moreover, if the residue class mod pp of αpL\alpha_{p}^{L} is not zero for all pp then such residues determine the genus of the integral trace.

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@article{arxiv.1906.04254,
  title  = {The $(\alpha, \beta)-$ramification invariants of a number field},
  author = {Guillermo Mantilla-Soler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04254},
  year   = {2019}
}