Chebyshev's method for number fields
We give an elementary proof of an explicit estimate for the number of primes splitting completely in an extension of the rationals. The proof uses binomial coefficents and extends Chebyshev's classical approach.
We give an elementary proof of an explicit estimate for the number of primes splitting completely in an extension of the rationals. The proof uses binomial coefficents and extends Chebyshev's classical approach.
Hasse showed the existence and computed the Dirichlet density of the set of primes for which the order of is odd; it is . Here we mimic successfully Hasse’s method to compute the density of monic irreducibles in for which the order of is odd. But on the way, we are also led to a new and elementary proof of these densities. More observations are made, and averages are considered, in particular, an average of the ’s as varies through all rational primes.