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Solvable Number Field Extensions of Bounded Root Discriminant

Number Theory 2012-11-09 v4

Abstract

Let KK be a number field and dKd_K the absolute value of the discrimant of K/QK/\mathbb{Q}. We consider the root discriminant dL1[L:Q]d_L^{\frac{1}{[L:\mathbb{Q}]}} of extensions L/KL/K. We show that for any N>0N>0 and any positive integer n, the set of length n solvable extensions of KK with root discriminant less than NN is finite. The result is motivated by the study of class field towers.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5651,
  title  = {Solvable Number Field Extensions of Bounded Root Discriminant},
  author = {Jonah Leshin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5651},
  year   = {2012}
}
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