ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Index for subgroups of the group of units in number fields

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Kanagawa Prefectural Yamato-Higashi High-School, 1760 Fukami, Yamato, Kanagawa, 242, Japan

Abstract

We define a sequence of rational integers ui(E) for each finite index subgroup E of the group of units in some finite Galois number fields K in which prime p ramifies. For two subgroups E' ⊂ E of finite index in the group of units of K we prove the formula vp([E:E])=i=1r{ui(E)-ui(E)}. This is a generalization of results of P. Dénes [3], [4] and F. Kurihara [5].

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Pages:
249-263
Main language of publication
English
Received
1997-07-15
Accepted
1998-03-03
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences