The ideal class groups of two cyclotomic fields
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Abstract:
It is known that there are exactly two cyclotomic fields with class numbers equal to 8, namely the fields of 29th and 68th roots of unity. We show by elementary methods how to determine the structure of the ideal class groups of these fields.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1980 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 78 (1980), 321-322
- MSC: Primary 12A35; Secondary 12A50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1980-0553367-5
- MathSciNet review: 553367