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Class Numbers and Algebraic Tori

Number Theory 2014-01-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let pp be an odd prime number, DpD_p be the dihedral group of order 2p2p, hph_p and hp+h^+_p be the class numbers of Q(ζp)\bm{Q}(\zeta_p) and Q(ζp+ζp1)\bm{Q}(\zeta_p+ \zeta_p^{-1}) respectively. Theorem. hp+=1h_p^+=1 if and only if, for any field kk admitting a DpD_p-extension, all the algebraic DpD_p-tori over kk are stably rational. A similar result for hp=1h_p=1 and CpC_p-tori is valid also.

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@article{arxiv.1312.6738,
  title  = {Class Numbers and Algebraic Tori},
  author = {Akinari Hoshi and Ming-chang Kang and Aiichi Yamasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6738},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

A 2-page appendix is added

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