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A computational technique for determining relative class numbers of CM-fields

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Algorithmic Number Theory (ANTS 1996)

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It was well known that it is easy to compute relative class numbers of abelian CM-fields by using generalized Bernoulli numbers (see [9]). Here, we provide a technique for computing the relative class number of any CM-field.

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  1. Département de Mathématiques, Université de Caen, 14032, Caen Cedex, France

    Stéphane Louboutin

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Louboutin, S. (1996). A computational technique for determining relative class numbers of CM-fields. In: Cohen, H. (eds) Algorithmic Number Theory. ANTS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1122. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61581-4_56

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