Zhang's conjecture on ll-torsion in class groups

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Let KK be a number field, let n=[K:Q]n=[K:\mathbb{Q}], and let ϵ>0\epsilon>0. Write Cl(K)[l]Cl(K)[l] for the subgroup of elements of the class group Cl(K)Cl(K) annihilated by ll, and let DKD_K denote the discriminant of KK. Zhang's conjecture. For any number field KK and fixed nn and ll, one has

∣Cl(K)[l]∣≪ϵ,n,lDKϵ.|Cl(K)[l]|\ll_{\epsilon,n,l}D_K^{\epsilon}.

This is a strong asymptotic conjecture asserting that the ll-torsion in class groups grows more slowly than every positive power of the discriminant. The source gives no resolution status for the conjecture.

References

Primary source

Jack Klys, “Reflection principles for class groups”, arXiv:1605.04371 (2016).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2016). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1103.5619.

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