The average genus number for pure fields of prime degree
Number Theory
2025-07-22 v1
Abstract
Let be prime. Let be the collection of (isomorphism classes of) pure number fields of degree , ordered by the absolute value of their discriminant. In 2018, Benli proved a counting theorem for , generalizing a previous theorem of Cohen and Morra when . We prove that the proportion of pure fields of degree with genus number one is asymptotic to and that the average genus number for pure fields of degree is asymptotic to . Both and are expressed explicitly as a product over primes.
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@article{arxiv.2507.14317,
title = {The average genus number for pure fields of prime degree},
author = {Sambhabi Bose and Kevin J. McGown and Ishan Panpaliya and Natalie Welling and Laney Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.14317},
year = {2025}
}
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10 pages