Zero-density conjecture for genus numbers in abelian towers

Let GG be a finite group of order nn, and let bM(G,n,X)db\mathcal{M}'(G,n,X)d denote the subset of bM(G,n,X)db\mathcal{M}(G,n,X)d consisting of number fields KK that admit a tower

Q=K1K2Kk+1=K,\mathbb{Q}=K_1\subset K_2\subset\cdots\subset K_{k+1}=K,

in which each extension Kj+1/KjK_{j+1}/K_j is abelian for all 1jk1\leq j\leq k. Zero-density conjecture. For any positive integer tt, as XX\to\infty, the set of fields KM(G,n,X)K\in\mathcal{M}'(G,n,X) with gK=tg_K=t has density zero. This conjecture identifies iterated abelian extensions as families in which every prescribed genus number should occur with density zero, contrasting with the positive-proportion phenomenon observed for the S3×CqS_3\times C_q and D4D_4 families. It is motivated by the known zero-density result for abelian number fields, while its validity for the broader class of fields admitting an abelian tower remains open.

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Primary source

Anup B. Dixit and Sunil Kumar Pasupulati, “Statistics of the Genus Number of S_3 C_q and D_4-fields”, arXiv:2605.04792 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2018–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1811.08341.

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