Mathematics – Number Theory
Scientific paper
2009-10-27
Journal of Number Theory Volume 130, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 1129-1154
Mathematics
Number Theory
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.jnt.2009.12.004
The Steinitz class of a number field extension K/k is an ideal class in the ring of integers O_k of k, which, together with the degree [K:k] of the extension determines the O_k-module structure of O_K. We call rt(k,G) the classes which are Steinitz classes of a tamely ramified G-extension of k. We will say that those classes are realizable for the group G; it is conjectured that the set of realizable classes is always a group. We define A'-groups inductively, starting by abelian groups and then considering semidirect products of A'-groups with abelian groups of relatively prime order and direct products of two A'-groups. Our main result is that the conjecture about realizable Steinitz classes for tame extensions is true for A'-groups of odd order; this covers many cases not previously known. Further we use the same techniques to determine rt(k,D_n) for any odd integer n. In contrast with many other papers on the subject, we systematically use class field theory (instead of Kummer theory and cyclotomic descent).
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