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On the Davenport-Heilbronn theorems and second order terms

Number Theory 2012-06-22 v3

Abstract

We give simple proofs of the Davenport--Heilbronn theorems, which provide the main terms in the asymptotics for the number of cubic fields having bounded discriminant and for the number of 3-torsion elements in the class groups of quadratic fields having bounded discriminant. We also establish second main terms for these theorems, thus proving a conjecture of Roberts. Our arguments provide natural interpretations for the various constants appearing in these theorems in terms of local masses of cubic rings.

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@article{arxiv.1005.0672,
  title  = {On the Davenport-Heilbronn theorems and second order terms},
  author = {Manjul Bhargava and Arul Shankar and Jacob Tsimerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.0672},
  year   = {2012}
}

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38 pages

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