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Cohen and Lenstra have given a heuristic which, for a fixed odd prime $p$, leads to many interesting predictions about the distribution of $p$-class groups of imaginary quadratic fields. We extend the Cohen-Lenstra heuristic to a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-11 Nigel Boston , Michael R. Bush , Farshid Hajir

Cohen, Lenstra, and Martinet have given conjectures for the distribution of class groups of extensions of number fields, but Achter and Malle have given theoretical and numerical evidence that these conjectures are wrong regarding the Sylow…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Will Sawin , Melanie Matchett Wood

Let $(R, \mathfrak{m})$ be a complete discrete valuation ring with the finite residue field $R/\mathfrak{m} = \mathbb{F}_{q}$. Given a monic polynomial $P(t) \in R[t]$ whose reduction modulo $\mathfrak{m}$ gives an irreducible polynomial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-05 Gilyoung Cheong , Yifeng Huang

It is conjectured that within the class group of any number field, for every integer $\ell \geq 1$, the $\ell$-torsion subgroup is very small (in an appropriate sense, relative to the discriminant of the field). In nearly all settings, the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Lillian B. Pierce , Caroline L. Turnage-Butterbaugh , Melanie Matchett Wood

For a finite abelian 2-group $G$, we study the frequency with which quadratic imaginary number fields $K$ have 2-part of their class group $K$ isomorphic to $G$. A philosophy enunciated by Gerth extends the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Nathan Jones , Cam McLeman

We determine the average size of the 3-torsion in class groups of $G$-extensions of a number field when $G$ is any transitive $2$-group containing a transposition, for example $D_4$. It follows from the Cohen--Lenstra--Martinet heuristics…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Robert J. Lemke Oliver , Jiuya Wang , Melanie Matchett Wood

We extend the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics to the setting of ray class groups of imaginary quadratic number fields, viewed as exact sequences of Galois modules. By asymptotically estimating the mixed moments governing the distribution of a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-23 Carlo Pagano , Efthymios Sofos

We prove a composite case of the Cohen--Lenstra--Gerth heuristics. Specifically, we establish an asymptotic for the average $6$-torsion of the class group of quadratic number fields. We also prove Malle's conjecture for Galois…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Peter Koymans , Robert J. Lemke Oliver , Efthymios Sofos , Frank Thorne

We investigate combinatorial properties of a family of probability distributions on finite abelian p-groups. This family includes several well-known distributions as specializations. These specializations have been studied in the context of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Jason Fulman , Nathan Kaplan

We observe that Anzanello's work on the proportion of derangements in affine classical groups over finite fields is related to symplectic and orthogonal Cohen-Lenstra type distributions on integer partitions. This leads to a proof of three…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Jason Fulman , Dennis Stanton

We introduce a heuristic prediction for the distribution of the isomorphism class of the Galois group of the maximal pro-p extension of Q unramified outside a "random" set of primes. This is guided by reasoning similar to that governing the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-04-20 Nigel Boston , Jordan S. Ellenberg

We study average $2$-torsion in the class group of monogenised fields of odd degree. Bhargava-Hanke-Shankar have recently shown that the average number of non-trivial $2$-torsion elements in the class group of monogenised cubic fields of a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Artane Siad

In this paper, we make specific conjectures about the distribution of Jacobians of random graphs with their canonical duality pairings. Our conjectures are based on a Cohen-Lenstra type heuristic saying that a finite abelian group with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-19 Julien Clancy , Nathan Kaplan , Timothy Leake , Sam Payne , Melanie Matchett Wood

This article discusses deviations from the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics when roots of unity are present. In particular, we propose an explanation for the discrepancy between the observed number of cyclic cubic fields whose 2-class group is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-07 Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo

The Cohen-Lenstra-Martinet heuristics lead one to conjecture that the average size of the $p$-torsion in class groups of $G$-extensions of a number field is finite. In a 2021 paper, Lemke Oliver, Wang, and Wood proved this conjecture in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-08 Jonas Iskander , Hari R. Iyer

Ellenberg, Venkatesh, and Westerland have established a weak form of the function field analogue of the Cohen--Lenstra heuristic, on the distribution of imaginary number fields with $\ell$-parts of their class groups isomorphic to a fixed…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Oscar Randal-Williams

We formulate a number of related generalisations of the weight part of Serre's conjecture to the case of GL(n) over an arbitrary number field, motivated by the formalism of the Breuil-M\'ezard conjecture. We give evidence for these…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Toby Gee , Florian Herzig , David Savitt

We give a new geometric description of when an element of the class group of a quadratic field, thought of as a quadratic form $q$, is $n$-torsion. We show that $q$ corresponds to an $n$-torsion element if and only if there exists a degree…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-26 Aaron Landesman

We define a group with local data over a number field $K$ as a group $G$ together with homomorphisms from decomposition groups ${\rm Gal}(\overline{K}_p/K_p)\to G$. Such groups resemble Galois groups, just without global information.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Brandon Alberts

Cohen-Lenstra heuristics for Jacobians of random graphs give rise to random partitions. We connect these random partitions to the Hall-Littlewood polynomials of symmetric function theory, and use this connection to give combinatorial proofs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-04 Jason Fulman