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Subgroups of Class Groups of Algebraic Quadratic Function Fields

Kunpeng Wang

State Key Laboratory of Information Security, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

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Xianke Zhang

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0252959903000311Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Ideal class groups H(K) of algebraic quadratic function fields K are studied. Necessary and sufficient condition is given for the class group H(K) to contain a cyclic subgroup of any order n, which holds true for both real and imaginary fields K. Then several series of function fields K, including real, inertia imaginary, and ramified imaginary quadratic function fields, are given, for which the class groups H(K) are proved to contain cyclic subgroups of order n.

Document Code: A, Article ID: 0252-9599(2003)03-0315-08

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