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Weber’s class number problem in the cyclotomic 2 -extension of , II

Takashi Fukuda, Keiichi Komatsu (2010)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

Let h n denote the class number of n -th layer of the cyclotomic 2 -extension of . Weber proved that h n ( n 1 ) is odd and Horie proved that h n ( n 1 ) is not divisible by a prime number satisfying 3 , 5 ( mod 8 ) . In a previous paper, the authors showed that h n ( n 1 ) is not divisible by a prime number less than 10 7 . In this paper, by investigating properties of a special unit more precisely, we show that h n ( n 1 ) is not divisible by a prime number less than 1 . 2 · 10 8 . Our argument also leads to the conclusion that h n ( n 1 ) is not divisible by a prime number...

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