Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6415728 | Journal of Number Theory | 2011 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
We obtain averages of specific functions defined over (isomorphism classes) of some type of finite abelian groups. These averages are concerned with miscellaneous questions about the pâ-ranks of these groups. We apply a classical heuristic principle to deduce from the averages precise predictions for the behavior of class groups of number fields and of Tate-Shafarevich groups of elliptic curves. Furthermore, the computations of these averages, which comes with an algebraic aspect, can also be reinterpreted with a combinatorial point of view. This allows us to recover and to obtain some combinatorial identities and to propose for them a natural algebraic context.
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Authors
Christophe Delaunay,