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On real quadratic function fields of Chowla type with ideal class number one

Author(s): Keqin Feng; Weiqun Hu
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 1301-1307.
MSC (1991): Primary 11R11, 11R29
Posted: January 27, 1999
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Abstract: Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be the finite field with $q$ elements, (2${\not|}q$), $k=   \mathbb{F}_q(x)$, $K=k(\sqrt{D})$ where $D=D(x) =A(x)^2+a$ is a square-free polynomial in $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$ with $\deg A(x)\geq 1$ and $a\in \mathbb{ F}_q^*$. In this paper several equivalent conditions for the ideal class number $h(O_K)$ to be one are presented and all such quadratic function fields with $h(O_K)=1$ are determined.


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Additional Information:

Keqin Feng
Affiliation: Graduate School at Beijing, University of Science and Technology of China, P. O. Box 3908, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China

Weiqun Hu
Affiliation: The Fundamental Science Department, Nanjing Agriculture College, Nanjing 210038, People's Republic of China

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05004-2
PII: S 0002-9939(99)05004-2
Keywords: Quadradic field, function field, class number
Received by editor(s): August 20, 1997
Posted: January 27, 1999
Additional Notes: Research supported by the Natural Science Foundation and the National Educational Committee of China.
Communicated by: David E. Rohrlich
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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