Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4593739 | Journal of Number Theory | 2014 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
One knows the classical problem of the embedding of a number field K in a field with class number one. This problem has a negative answer. In this article, we consider a new embedding problem: Is every number field contained in a Pólya field? A Pólya field is a number field K such that all the characteristic ideals In(K)In(K) are principal. We give a positive answer to this problem: the Hilbert class field HKHK of K is a Pólya field. However, HKHK is not necessarily the smallest Pólya field containing K. Thus, we give upper bounds for the Pólya number of K, namely the minimal degree of a Pólya field containing K.
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Authors
Amandine Leriche,