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The average genus number for pure fields of prime degree

Number Theory 2025-07-22 v1

Abstract

Let 5\ell\geq 5 be prime. Let F\mathcal{F}_\ell be the collection of (isomorphism classes of) pure number fields Q(a)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[\ell]{a}) of degree \ell, ordered by the absolute value of their discriminant. In 2018, Benli proved a counting theorem for F\mathcal{F}_\ell, generalizing a previous theorem of Cohen and Morra when =3\ell=3. We prove that the proportion of pure fields of degree \ell with genus number one is asymptotic to (AlogX)1(A_\ell \log X)^{-1} and that the average genus number for pure fields of degree \ell is asymptotic to B(logX)1B_\ell(\log X)^{\ell-1}. Both AA_\ell and BB_\ell 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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