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On Galois groups of class two extensions over the rational number field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Susumu Shirai
Susumu Shirai*
Affiliation:
Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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Let Q be the rational number field, K/Q be a maximal Abelian extension whose degree is some power of a prime l, and let f(K) be the conductor of K/Q; if l = 2, let K be complex, and if in addition f(K) ≡ 0 (mod 2), let f(K) ≡ 0 (mod 16). Denote by (K) the Geschlechtermodul of K over Q and by K̂ the maximal central l-extension of K/Q contained in the ray class field mod (K) of K. A. Fröhlich [1, Theorem 4] completely determined the Galois group of K̂ over Q in purely rational terms. The proof is based on [1, Theorem 3], though he did not write the proof in the case f(K) ≡ 0 (mod 16). Moreover he gave a classification theory of all class two extensions over Q whose degree is a power of l. Hence we know the set of fields of nilpotency class two over Q, because a finite nilpotent group is a direct product of all its Sylow subgroups. But the theory becomes cumbersome, and it is desirable to reconstruct a more elementary one.

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Research Article
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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 75 , September 1979 , pp. 121 - 131
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1979

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