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Mathematics of Computation
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Cyclotomic Units and Greenberg's Conjecture for Real Quadratic Fields

Author(s): Takashi Fukuda.
Journal: Math. Comp. 65 (1996), 1339-1348.
MSC (1991): Primary 11R23, 11R11, 11R27, 11Y40
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Abstract: We give new examples of real quadratic fields $k$ for which the Iwasawa invariant $\lambda _3(k)$ and $\mu _3(k)$ are both zero by calculating cyclotomic units of real cyclic number fields of degree 18.


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Takashi Fukuda
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 2-11-1 Shin-ei, Narashino, Chiba, Japan
Email: fukuda@math.cit.nihon-u.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-96-00730-2
PII: S 0025-5718(96)00730-2
Keywords: Iwasawa invariants, real quadratic fields, unit groups, computation
Received by editor(s): January 10, 1995
Dedicated: Dedicated to Professor Hisashi Ogawa on his 70th birthday
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society


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