Malle's relative class-group distribution conjecture with roots of unity

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Let ℓ\ell be a prime, let G\mathcal{G} denote the set of finite abelian ℓ\ell-groups, and suppose that A∈GA\in\mathcal{G} has ℓ\ell-rank rr. Let K0K_0 be a number field containing ℓ\ellth roots of unity but not ℓ2\ell^2th roots of unity. Let S\mathcal{S} be the set of quadratic extensions K/K0K/K_0 with a fixed signature and fixed relative unit rank uu. For a relative class group, write cl⁡(K/K0)\operatorname{cl}(K/K_0) for the kernel of the norm map on ideal class groups, and write cl⁡(K/K0)[ℓ∞]\operatorname{cl}(K/K_0)[\ell^{\infty}] for its ℓ\ell-primary subgroup. Malle's relative class-group distribution conjecture. The limiting proportion of fields in S\mathcal{S} whose relative ℓ\ell-primary class group is isomorphic to AA should satisfy

lim⁡X→∞∣{K∈S∣∣Disc⁡K∣≤X, cl⁡(K/K0)[ℓ∞]≃A}∣∣{K∈S∣∣Disc⁡K∣≤X}∣=∏i=u+1u+r(ℓi−1)ℓr(u+1)∣A∣u∣Aut⁡A∣∏i=u+1∞(1+ℓ−i)−1.\lim_{X\to\infty} \frac{\left|\left\{K\in\mathcal{S}\mid |\operatorname{Disc}K|\leq X,\ \operatorname{cl}(K/K_0)[\ell^{\infty}]\simeq A\right\}\right|} {\left|\left\{K\in\mathcal{S}\mid |\operatorname{Disc}K|\leq X\right\}\right|} = \frac{\prod_{i=u+1}^{u+r}(\ell^i-1)}{\ell^{r(u+1)}|A|^u|\operatorname{Aut}A|} \prod_{i=u+1}^{\infty}(1+\ell^{-i})^{-1}.

This is presented as a special case of Malle's proposed distributions for relative class groups when the base field contains ℓ\ellth but not ℓ2\ell^2th roots of unity. The conjecture is intended to explain computational rank statistics that differ from the Cohen–Lenstra–Martinet predictions.

References

Primary source

Derek Garton, “Random matrices, the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics, and roots of unity”, arXiv:1405.6083 (2014).

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