Bhargava's Chebotarev splitting conjecture for SnS_n-number fields

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Let nn be a positive integer and let B>0B>0. Let Gn(B;p)\mathcal{G}_{n}(B;p) be the collection of degree-nn number fields KK such that (p)(p) is unramified in KK, ∣DK∣≤B|D_K|\leq B, and the normal closure of K/QK/\mathbb{Q} has Galois group SnS_n. Let Tn∗T_n^{\ast} denote the set of partitions of nn corresponding to conjugacy classes of SnS_n, let μ∈Tn∗\mu\in T_n^{\ast}, and let CμC_\mu be the associated conjugacy class. Define the Chebotarev density distribution by

νn(Cμ):=∣Cμ∣∣Sn∣.\nu_n(C_\mu):=\frac{|C_\mu|}{|S_n|}.

Bhargava's Chebotarev splitting conjecture. For every prime pp, positive integer nn, and μ∈Tn∗\mu\in T_n^{\ast},

lim⁡B→∞#{K∈Gn(B;p)∣p has Artin symbol in Cμ}#{K∈Gn(B;p)}=νn(Cμ).\lim_{B\rightarrow\infty}\frac{\#\{K\in\mathcal{G}_n(B;p)\mid p\text{ has Artin symbol in }C_\mu\}}{\#\{K\in\mathcal{G}_n(B;p)\}}=\nu_n(C_\mu).

The conjecture predicts that, after restricting to fields unramified at pp, Artin symbols are distributed according to the Chebotarev densities of conjugacy classes in SnS_n. The supplied text does not report a proof or disproof, so the conjecture is left open.

References

Primary source

Jeffrey C. Lagarias and Benjamin L. Weiss, “Splitting Behavior of S_n-Polynomials”, arXiv:1408.6251 (2015).

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