Alberts' twisted Malle conjecture

Let kk be a number field, GG a transitive permutation group of degree nn, and T\normalGT\normal G a proper normal subgroup. Let q:GG/Tq:G\to G/T be the canonical quotient map, let GkG_k be the absolute Galois group of kk, and let πqSur(Gk,G)\pi\in q_*\operatorname{Sur}(G_k,G). Alberts' twisted Malle conjecture. There exist positive constants a,b,ca,b,c depending on kk, GG, TT, and π\pi such that

#{ψq1(π):discG(ψ)X}cX1/a(logX)b1\#\{\psi\in q_*^{-1}(\pi):|\operatorname{disc}_G(\psi)|\le X\}\sim cX^{1/a}(\log X)^{b-1}

as XX\to\infty. Alberts predicts explicit values for aa and bb, and the conjecture is known for abelian TT when at least one GG-extension exists; the general case remains open.

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Brandon Alberts, Robert J. Lemke Oliver, Jiuya Wang and Melanie Matchett Wood, “Inductive methods for counting number fields”, arXiv:2501.18574 (2025).

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