On Fields of Class Two
On Fields of Class Two
复制标题
论二类领域
DOI:
10.1112/plms/s3-4.1.235
复制
发表时间:
1954
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
A. Fröhlich
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
A. Fröhlich
THE class of a finite group with terminating central series, ie of a finite nilpotent group, is the length of that series (cf.(7)). Thus a non-Abelian group whose central contains its commutator group is of class two. I define the class of a self-conjugate algebraic number field with nilpotent Galois group by the class of that group. In the present paper we are concerned with fields of at most class two over the rational field. Its principal aim is the determination of the set of all such fields and the fundamental relations and operations in this set. The criteria of determination are essentially rational, expressible in terms of rational congruence relations. Such relations will also be shown to determine the Galois group, and the inertia groups of each such field. The corresponding set of problems for fields of at most class one has been solved by class field theory. The present paper thus gives a theory of all possible non-Abelian extensions of the rational field which are of olass two. In other papers I shall apply these results to a study of the absolute class group of Abelian fields and to an investigation of non-Abelian laws of prime decomposition.A group of at most class two is the direct product of prime power groups of at most class two. It is thus sufficient to consider only fields whose degree is the power of an arbitrary, but fixed, prime I. The case I= 2 requires repeatedly special discussion. In order not to overload the argument I shall explicitly assume I to be odd whenever that seems necessary for reasons of conciseness. Though I shall not everywhere give the proofs for I= 2, 1 shall indicate the principal alterations in argument for the special case, and I shall state the theorems without restriction on I. The quadratic law of reciprocity will be obtained as the corollary of one of the general theorems; this may be considered as a compensation for the particular difficulties encountered in the case of I= 2.