Different groups of circular units of a compositum of real quadratic fields
Acta Arithmetica (1994)
- Volume: 67, Issue: 2, page 123-140
- ISSN: 0065-1036
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topRadan Kučera. "Different groups of circular units of a compositum of real quadratic fields." Acta Arithmetica 67.2 (1994): 123-140. <http://eudml.org/doc/206622>.
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abstract = {
There are many different definitions of the group of circular units of a real abelian field. The aim of this paper is to study their relations in the special case of a compositum k of real quadratic fields such that -1 is not a square in the genus field K of k in the narrow sense.
The reason why fields of this type are considered is as follows. In such a field it is possible to define a group C of units (slightly bigger than Sinnott's group of circular units) such that the Galois group acts on C/(±C²) trivially (see [K, Lemma 2]).
Due to this key property we can easily compare different groups of circular units (see the conclusion of this paper).
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author = {Radan Kučera},
journal = {Acta Arithmetica},
keywords = {abelian field; cyclotomic unit; real quadratic fields; circular units},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {123-140},
title = {Different groups of circular units of a compositum of real quadratic fields},
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volume = {67},
year = {1994},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Radan Kučera
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JO - Acta Arithmetica
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EP - 140
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There are many different definitions of the group of circular units of a real abelian field. The aim of this paper is to study their relations in the special case of a compositum k of real quadratic fields such that -1 is not a square in the genus field K of k in the narrow sense.
The reason why fields of this type are considered is as follows. In such a field it is possible to define a group C of units (slightly bigger than Sinnott's group of circular units) such that the Galois group acts on C/(±C²) trivially (see [K, Lemma 2]).
Due to this key property we can easily compare different groups of circular units (see the conclusion of this paper).
LA - eng
KW - abelian field; cyclotomic unit; real quadratic fields; circular units
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/206622
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References
top- [G] R. Gillard, Remarques sur les unités cyclotomiques et les unités elliptiques, J. Number Theory 11 (1979), 21-48. Zbl0405.12008
- [K] R. Kučera, On the Stickelberger ideal and circular units of a compositum of quadratic fields, preprint. Zbl0840.11044
- [L] G. Lettl, A note on Thaine's circular units, J. Number Theory 35 (1990), 224-226. Zbl0705.11064
- [S] W. Sinnott, On the Stickelberger ideal and the circular units of an abelian field, Invent. Math. 62 (1980), 181-234. Zbl0465.12001
- [W] L. C. Washington, Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields, Springer, New York, 1982. Zbl0484.12001
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