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TauCeti.NumberTheory.ClassFieldTheory.Global.Kummer.AuxiliaryIdeles

The auxiliary Kummer idele subgroup #

Let S and T be finite sets of finite places of a number field K. The auxiliary Kummer idele subgroup E_{S,T} consists of the ideles that are n-th powers at S and at every infinite place, arbitrary at T \ S, and integral units outside S ∪ T; the power condition continues to apply on S ∩ T. This is the subgroup used in the Kummer proof of the second fundamental inequality. The freedom at T \ S is what allows those places to split completely in the extension under consideration.

The index of E_{S,T} in the group of (S ∪ T)-ideles is the product of the power-class counts at S and at the infinite places. If K contains the n-th roots of unity and S contains the places above n, the product formula evaluates this index as

n ^ (2 * (#S + r₁ + r₂)).

If an extension has exponent dividing n, splits at T \ S, and is unramified outside S ∪ T, then E_{S,T} consists of idele norms. Thus its image in the idele class group is contained in the idele-class norm subgroup.

Main definitions #

Main results #

References #

If K contains the n-th roots of unity and S contains every place above n, then the relative index of E_{S,T} in the (S ∪ T)-ideles is n ^ (2 * (#S + r₁ + r₂)).

The auxiliary Kummer ideles are norms. If the exponent of Gal(L/K) divides n, the places in T \ S split locally in L, and L/K is unramified outside S ∪ T, then every idele in E_{S,T} is a norm from L.