On ideal class groups of $2$-power exponent
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Abstract:
It is shown that for a fixed totally real algebraic number field $k$ and a fixed positive integer $t$, there exist only finitely many totally imaginary quadratic extensions $K$ of $k$ having ideal class groups of exponent ${2^t}$.References
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- © Copyright 1982 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 86 (1982), 196-198
- MSC: Primary 12A25; Secondary 12A50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0667271-7
- MathSciNet review: 667271