Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4595512 Journal of Number Theory 2006 21 Pages PDF
Abstract

It has been shown by Madden that there are only finitely many quadratic extensions of k(x), k a finite field, in which the ideal class group has exponent two and the infinity place of k(x) ramifies. We give a characterization of such fields that allow us to find a full list of all such field extensions for future reference. In doing so we correct some errors in earlier published literature.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory