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Density of cubic field discriminants

Author(s): David P. Roberts.
Journal: Math. Comp. 70 (2001), 1699-1705.
MSC (2000): Primary 11N56, 11R16
Posted: October 18, 2000
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Abstract:

In this paper we give a conjectural refinement of the Davenport-Heilbronn theorem on the density of cubic field discriminants. Our refinement is plausible theoretically and agrees very well with computational data.


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Additional Information:

David P. Roberts
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Address at time of publication: Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, Minnesota 56267
Email: roberts@mrs.umn.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-00-01291-6
PII: S 0025-5718(00)01291-6
Received by editor(s): April 20, 1999
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 6, 2000
Posted: October 18, 2000
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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