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On divisibility of the class number $h^{+}$ of the real cyclotomic fields of prime degree $l$

Author(s): Stanislav Jakubec.
Journal: Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 369-398.
MSC (1991): Primary 11R29
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Abstract: In this paper, criteria of divisibility of the class number $h^+$ of the real cyclotomic field $\mathbf{Q}(\zeta _p+\zeta _p^{-1})$ of a prime conductor $p$ and of a prime degree $l$ by primes $q$ the order modulo $l$ of which is $\frac{l-1}{2}$, are given. A corollary of these criteria is the possibility to make a computational proof that a given $q$ does not divide $h^+$ for any $p$ (conductor) such that both $\frac{p-1}{2},\frac{p-3}{4}$ are primes. Note that on the basis of Schinzel's hypothesis there are infinitely many such primes $p$.


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Additional Information:

Stanislav Jakubec
Affiliation: Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Stefánikova 49, 814 73 Bratislava, Slovakia
Email: jakubec@mau.savba.sk

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-98-00916-8
PII: S 0025-5718(98)00916-8
Received by editor(s): March 16, 1995
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 12, 1996
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society


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