## Osaka Journal of Mathematics

### Class number parity of a quadratic twist of a cyclotomic field of prime power conductor

Humio Ichimura

#### Abstract

Let $p$ be a fixed odd prime number and $K_{n}$ the $p^{n+1}$-st cyclotomic field. For a fixed integer $d \in \boldsymbol{Z}$ with $\sqrt{d} \notin K_{0}$, denote by $L_{n}$ the imaginary quadratic subextension of the biquadratic extension $K_{n}(\sqrt{d})/K_{n}^{+}$ with $L_{n} \neq K_{n}$. Let $h_{n}^{*}$ and $h_{n}^{-}$ be the relative class numbers of $K_{n}$ and $L_{n}$, respectively. We give an explicit constant $n_{d}$ depending on $p$ and $d$ such that (i) for any integer $n \geq n_{d}$, the ratio $h_{n}^{-}/h_{n-1}^{-}$ is odd if and only if $h_{n}^{*}/h_{n-1}^{*}$ is odd and (ii) for $1 \leq n < n_{d}$, $h_{n}^{-}/h_{n-1}^{-}$ is even.

#### Article information

Source
Osaka J. Math., Volume 50, Number 2 (2013), 563-572.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 21 June 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1371833500

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3080815

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1325.11110

Subjects
Primary: 11R18: Cyclotomic extensions
Secondary: 11R23: Iwasawa theory

#### Citation

Ichimura, Humio. Class number parity of a quadratic twist of a cyclotomic field of prime power conductor. Osaka J. Math. 50 (2013), no. 2, 563--572. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1371833500

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