The narrow/wide 2-class group frequency conjecture for cyclic cubic fields

Let KK range over cyclic cubic fields whose 22-class group has two generators. Write Cl2+(K)Cl_2^+(K) and Cl2(K)Cl_2(K) for the narrow and wide 22-class groups, respectively.

Narrow/wide frequency conjecture. For each relevant nn, the proportion of fields satisfying

Cl2+(K)[2n,2n]Cl2(K)Cl_2^+(K)\cong[2^n,2^n]\cong Cl_2(K)

is 3/24n23/2^{4n-2}, while the proportion satisfying

Cl2+(K)[2n+1,2n+1],Cl2(K)[2n,2n]Cl_2^+(K)\cong[2^{n+1},2^{n+1}],\qquad Cl_2(K)\cong[2^n,2^n]

is 3/24n3/2^{4n}.

These predictions sum to Malle's frequency 15/16n15/16^n and are supported by the tabulated data, but the general distribution remains conjectural.

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Primary source

Nigel Boston and Michael R. Bush, “Heuristics for 2-class Towers of Cyclic Cubic Fields”, arXiv:2012.14824 (2020).

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