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Triviality of Stickelberger Ideals of Conductor p

J. Math. Sci. Univ. Tokyo
Vol. 13 (2006), No. 4, Page 617--628.

ICHIMURA, Humio
Triviality of Stickelberger Ideals of Conductor p
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Abstract:
Let p be an odd prime number, G=F×p, and SG the classical Stickelberger ideal of the group ring Z[G]. For each subgroup H of G, we defined in [4] a Stickelberger ideal SH of Z[H] as a H-part of SG. We prove that if SH is \lq\lq nontrivial", then the relative class number hp of the p-cyclotomic field is divisible \lq\lq too often" by some prime number. This implies that SH is nontrivial quite rarely. We also give an application of the triviality of SH for a normal integral basis problem.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): Primary 11R18; Secondary 11R33.
Mathematical Reviews Number: MR2306221

Received: 2006-06-27