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Singular integers and p-class group of cyclotomic fields

Number Theory 2009-10-19 v8

Abstract

Let pp be an irregular prime. Let K=\Q(ζ)K=\Q(\zeta) be the pp-cyclotomic field. From Kummer and class field theory, there exist Galois extensions S/\QS/\Q of degree p(p1)p(p-1) such that S/KS/K is a cyclic unramified extension of degree [S:K]=p[S:K]=p. We give an algebraic construction of the subfields MM of SS with degree [M:\Q]=p[M:\Q]=p and an explicit formula for the prime decomposition and ramification of the prime number pp in the extensions S/KS/K, M/\QM/\Q and S/MS/M. In the last section, we examine the consequences of these results for the Vandiver's conjecture. This article is at elementary level on Classical Algebraic Number Theory.

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@article{arxiv.math/0609410,
  title  = {Singular integers and p-class group of cyclotomic fields},
  author = {Roland Queme},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609410},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

The section 7 on the consequences of the previous sections of the article on the Vandiver's conjecture contains an error and is removed

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