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Computing the ideal class monoid of an order

Number Theory 2020-08-18 v3

Abstract

There are well known algorithms to compute the class group of the maximal order OK\mathcal{O}_K of a number field KK and the group of invertible ideal classes of a non-maximal order RR. In this paper we explain how to compute also the isomorphism classes of non-invertible ideals of an order RR in a finite product of number fields KK. In particular we also extend the above-mentioned algorithms to this more general setting. Moreover, we generalize a theorem of Latimer and MacDuffee providing a bijection between the conjugacy classes of integral matrices with given minimal and characteristic polynomials and the isomorphism classes of lattices in certain Q\mathbb{Q}-algebras, which under certain assumptions can be explicitly described in terms of ideal classes.

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@article{arxiv.1805.09671,
  title  = {Computing the ideal class monoid of an order},
  author = {Stefano Marseglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.09671},
  year   = {2020}
}

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