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Largest prime factors of integer polynomials
I have a question in analytic number theory which is closely related to the open problem (Bunyakovsky conjecture and more generally, Schinzel's hypothesis H) that asks you if, any irreducible ...
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Brauer–Siegel's Theorem and application
$\newcommand\underto[1]{\xrightarrow[#1]{}}$Brauer–Siegel's Theorem says that if we consider an infinite sequence of number fields $K_i/\mathbb{Q}$ such that $$\frac{[K_i:\mathbb{Q}]}{\log{|D_i|}}\...
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Chowla's theorem on class number of real quadratic field
Let $p\equiv1\bmod 4$ be a prime number and $h$
the class number of real quadratic field $\mathbb Q(\sqrt{p})$, $\epsilon=\frac{t+u\sqrt{p}}{2}$ its fundamental unit. In this paper https://www.pnas....
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Record for determining complete list of imaginary quadratic fields with small class number
In 2003, Mark Watkins (Class numbers of imaginary quadratic fields) determined all imaginary quadratic fields having class number at most 100.
Has this list been improved? That is, what is the largest ...
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Automorphy of the twisted representation
The Artin reciprocity says that if
$$
\chi: \operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb Q) \to \mathbb C
$$
is a 1-dimensional representation of a finite Galois extension $K/ \mathbb Q$, then it corresponds to a ...
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Gaussian primes in translations of lattices in $\mathbb{Z}[i]$
I am considering undertaking some independent research in my summer break studying Gaussian primes in translations of lattices in $\mathbb{Z}[i]$, i.e. sets of the form $ \{ a+sx+tw:s,t \in \mathbb{Z} ...
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A question on generalized bases
I just came to know that it is possible to define a generalized base as an infinite sequence of natural numbers $\mathbf b=(b_1,b_2,\dots)$ where $b_i\ge 2$ for all $i$. With this definition, any $m\...
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Generators of the ideal class group
Theorem 4 of Eric Bach's "Explicit bounds for primality testing and related problems" states the following:
Let $K$ be a number field of degree greater than 1. Let $d$ be the absolute value ...
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'$\times$' or '$\otimes$' when writing $L$-functions?
Recently, I came across the Langlands correspondence theorem, there is the following line:
$$L(s,\pi(\sigma) \times \pi(\tau)) = L(s,\sigma \otimes \tau), $$
where $\sigma$ and $\tau$ are ...
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Asymptotic counts for imaginary quadratic discriminants with fixed splitting conditions
Let $p$ be prime and $r$ be a positive integer. I am interested in asymptotics for the number of imaginary quadratic discriminants $d$ such that
$p$ does not divide the conductor of $d$,
$p$ splits ...
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Expressions for binomial residue sum $\sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k} x^k \left( \frac{k}{q} \right)$
I'm interested in the sum:
$$\sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k} x^k \left( \frac{k}{q} \right)$$
where $q$ is a prime number. This is just the binomial expansion with an extra weight on quadratic residues ...
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On equidistribution of primes in positive characteristic
In S. Lang's book "Algebraic Number Theory" (1986), page 317, Theorem 6 states essentially that given $P$ a set of primes, let $\tau:P\longrightarrow J$ be the typical idèle map taking ...
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Density of prime ideals of a given degree
Let $K$ be a number field. For each ideal $I$ of the ring of integers $\mathcal{O}_K$ let $N_K(I)$ denote the norm of $I$. For a prime $\mathfrak{p}\subset \mathcal{O}_K$ above the rational prime $p\...
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Statistics of action of Galois group of number field on primes over unramified rational primes
Let $p \in \mathbb{Z}$ be prime and $K / \mathbb{Q}$ be a finite Galois extension. The Galois group $G$ of $K$ acts on the primes of $\mathcal{O}_K$ over $p$. Do we know any statistical information ...
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Relation between the additive Haar measure on $(K,+)$ and the multiplicative Haar measure on $K^{*}$ for a global field $K$
The following question comes from my studying of Alain Connes's paper Trace Formula in Noncommutative Geometry and the Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function. In it, on p. 11, Connes notes that if $K$ is ...
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Calculate the great common factor between $2^{2n+1}-1$ and $2^{4m+2}+1$ [closed]
How to calculate the great common factor between $2^{2n+1}-1$ and $2^{4m+2}+1$, where $n$ and $m$ are positive numbers.
We guess that: the great common factor is $1$.
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Vinogradov-Korobov prime number theorem for number fields
Without assuming the Riemann hypothesis, the traditional error bound of the prime-counting function $\pi(x)$ is $O(x\exp(-c(\log(x))^{1/2}))$. As shown by the Wikipedia page for the Landau prime ...
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Is every prime $q$ of the form $x^2 + py^2$ for some prime $p<q$?
For every odd prime $q \geq 3$, does there exist a prime $p < q$ and integers $x,y$ such that
$$\displaystyle x^2 + py^2 = q?$$
One can easily show that all primes $q \not \equiv -1 \pmod{3}$ can ...
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Integral points in smooth cubic curves
Let $X$ be a smooth affine cubic curve in $\mathbb A^2$ defined by $f(T_1,T_2)\in\mathbb Z[T_1,T_2]$ (of course $\deg(f)=3$ by definition), and
$$n(f, B)=\{(x_1,x_2)\in\mathbb Z^2| |x_1|\leq B, |x_2|\...
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Proving $\zeta_K\left(\frac12\right)\neq 0 \implies \zeta_K'\left(\frac12\right)\neq0?$
For an algebraic number field $K$, let $\zeta_K(s)$ be the Dedekind zeta function associated to $K$, and let $\zeta_K'(s)$ be its derivative.
I believe that the following statement is true:
$$\zeta_K\...
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Classifying solutions of a certain Diophantine Equation
The following question arose from a problem I am working on.
Let $N, k$ be positive integers. Consider the Diophantine equation in $a, b, c$:
$$
\frac{1}{a} + \frac{N - 1}{b} = \frac{N^k}{c}
$$
with ...
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Upper bound on $\#\{p \leq B :\#E(\mathbb{F}_p) \equiv a \mod b\}$ for large $b$
Let $E$ be a fixed elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$. Is there a good upper bound on $\#\{p \leq B :\#E(\mathbb{F}_p) \equiv a \mod b\}$ when $b$ is large (maybe around $\sqrt{B}$)? I don't mind ...
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Generalization of Gauss's class number one problem
Gauss's class number one problem for imaginary quadratic fields, now a theorem due to Heegner, Stark, and Baker (independently), asserts that the set of imaginary quadratic fields having class number ...
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Infinitely many primes that split completely in an arithmetic progression
Let $d \geq 1$ be an integer. Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progression implies that the arithmetic progression $a, a+d, a+2d, \ldots$ contains infinitely many primes if and only if $\gcd(a,d)=1$.
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Bailey's lemma in number theory
A pair of sequences $(α_n,β_n)$ is called a Bailey pair if they are related by
$$\beta_n=\sum_{r=0}^n\frac{\alpha_r}{(q;q)_{n-r}(aq;q)_{n+r}}$$
or equivalently
$$\alpha_n = (1-aq^{2n})\sum_{j=0}^n\...
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Advanced texts on analytic number theory?
So a friend of mine is very interested in analytic number theory, and is looking for resources past the basic level.
He has studied analytic number theory from several books, among them are Hardy’s ...
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How common are semiprimes with equally bitsized factors among semiprimes with equal bitsize?
I am curious about the following after having looked at the paper "Almost primes in almost all short intervals", theorem 3 says:
Almost all intervals $[x, x + \log^{3.51}{(x)}]$ with $x ≤ X$...
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Sign of the special value at s=0 of Hecke L-functions
Let $L/K$ be an abelian extension of number fields with Galois group $G$ and let $\chi : G \to \{\pm 1\}$ denote a real linear character of $G$. Denote $L(\chi,s)$ the Artin L-function associated to $\...
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Consecutive integers that are coprime to a given number
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Is there a general formula for $|\{1 \leq k \leq n \mid (k(k+1),n）= 1\}|$?
Or even more generally, for $1 \leq r < n$, is there a formula for $|\{1 \leq k \leq n \mid (k(k+r)...
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Conditions under which an $\eta$-quotient becomes a **weak** modular form (reference request for theorems similar to Ligozat's theorem)
For any $z \in \mathcal{H}$, let $q = e^{2\pi iz}$; and the eta function is defined as
${\displaystyle \eta (q)
=q^{\frac {1}{24}}\prod _{n=1}^{\infty }\left(1-q^{n}\right).}$
By an $\eta$-quotient ...
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On some claims on cyclic modules over Hecke algebra used in Serre's "Quelques applications du théorème de densité de Chebotarev"
I have been reading section 7 of Serre's "Quelques applications du théorème de densité de Chebotarev" (http://www.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1981__54__123_0/), and in particular have been trying ...
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Ambiguity about the exact definition of coefficients of modular forms
You can see the parts after my questions in the boxes. I received the answer to my first question in the comments.
I am confused about the definition of $a_n$ and $b_n$ in Part II below. I know the ...
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Generalized Siegel Weil formula
I am studying the following Poincare-like series,
\begin{equation}
F_k(\tau,\bar{\tau})=\sum_{\gamma\in\Gamma_{\infty}\backslash\Gamma}\sqrt{\text{Im}\gamma\tau}(q_{\gamma}\bar{q}_{\gamma})^k,
\end{...
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Does Lemma 5.4 in Deligne's Ramanujan paper generalize to Shimura varieties of PEL type?
It is generally not known if a smooth variety over a perfect field embeds into a smooth proper variety.
Lemma 5.4 in Formes modulaires et représentations $\ell$-adiques provides such an embedding for ...
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Modularity for $\mathrm{GL}_2/\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[3]{2})$ [closed]
What is known about modularity for $\mathrm{GL}_2/\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[3]{2})$?
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Smallest prime $p$ such that $2\mid\operatorname{ord}_p(q)$, the multiplicative order of $q$ modulo $p$
$\DeclareMathOperator\ord{ord}$Let $q$ be prime. I want to upper bound the smallest odd prime $p$ such that $2\mid\ord_p(q)$ (where $\ord_p(q)$ is the multiplicative order of $q$ modulo $p$).
Using ...
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On the arithmetic of powers of subseries of the exponential series
Let $p$ be a prime number and $q=p-1$. I’m trying to prove that the nonzero coefficients $a_{qk}$ ($k\ge1$) of the power series
$$ \sum_{k\ge1} a_{qk} z^{qk} := \left( \sum_{k\ge0} \frac{z^{qk+1}}{(qk+...
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Is there a polynomial version of Wilson's theorem which can avoid Cramer flavored conjectures?
Wilson's theorem states that a natural number $n > 1$ is a prime number if and only if the product of all the positive integers less than $n$ is one less than a multiple of $n$.
Is there a version ...
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Is there a Chebotarev‘s theorem for non-Galois extension over Q？
For a Galois extension $K/\mathbb{Q}$, the Chebotarev Density Theorem predicts the density of primes with a certain splitting type.
I'm wondering if there is a similar result for non-Galois extension?
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Goldfeld resolution of the quadratic class number problem
Goldfeld proved the following result. Let $E$ be an elliptic curve (with conductor $N$) over $\mathbb{Q}$ whose Hasse-Weil L-function has a zero at $s = 1$ with multiplicity $g$ then for sufficiently ...
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Maximum value of newform from Galois representation
One can attach $\ell$-adic Galois representations to holomorphic cuspidal newforms of weight $2$ on the upper half-plane.
If a newform is $L^2$-normalized, can one extract its maximum value from the ...
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Splitting of small primes in number fields generated by the torsion of elliptic curves
Suppose $E/\mathbb Q$ is a non CM elliptic curve and we look at the number field $K_d$ generated by the $d$-torsion of $E$. What is known about the (complete) splitting of small primes in $K_d$?
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Where should I learn about the p-adic L-functions of elliptic curves?
Where is the best place to learn about the p-adic L-functions of Elliptic Curves? Doing a bit of research I have found books like "An Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields" by Washington, but ...
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Degree of compositum of all number fields under given discriminant
For an integer $n\geq 1$ define $f(n)$ to be the degree of the compositum of all number fields with discriminant at most $n$. What bounds are known on $f(n)$?
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Richaud-Degert type quadratic extensions
A Richaud-Degert type real quadratic field is a number field of the form $K = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d})$ where $d = {(an)}^2 + ka > 0$ for positive integers $a, n$ and $k \in \{ \pm 1, \pm 2, \pm 4 \}$, ...
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Stabilizers of points in the upper half-plane
Suppose that $\Gamma$ is a group acting discontinuously on $\mathcal{H} = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : \operatorname{Im}(z) > 1\}$. In order to keep things simple, suppose that $\Gamma \subseteq \...
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Serge Lang's proof of Brauer-Siegel theorem
I was reading through chapter 16 of Lang's Algebraic Number Theory book. The chapter is fully devoted to proving the Brauer-Siegel theorem: Let ${(k_n/ \mathbb{Q})}_n$ be a sequence of galois ...
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Clarification regarding a claim in Heilbronn’s 1934 paper
I was reading Heilbronn’s 1934 paper where he proves that $H(d) \to \infty$ as $d \to -\infty$, where $H(d)$ is the ideal class number of the imaginary quadratic field with discriminant $d$. I couldn'...
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Are the class numbers of $\mathbb{Q}(\cos(2\pi / m))$ $O(m^n)$ for some fixed $n$?
Question: Are the class numbers of $\mathbb{Q}(\cos(\frac{2\pi}m))$ $O(m^n)$ for some fixed $n$?
Evidences (e.g. a recent paper) showing that the question above is open are also OK.
Remark: If such $n$...
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Generalization of $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \prod_{i=1}^{n}\frac{2i-1}{2i}$ for a character $\chi:\mathbb{Z}/s \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}^*$
Playing with some infinite products I came up with this problem, that I'm not able to figure it out by myself. Moreover in the internet it doesn't seem to appear anywhere.
Maybe it is just an easy ...
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