Zero-density conjecture for genus numbers in abelian towers

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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=K1⊂K2⊂⋯⊂Kk+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 1≤j≤k1\leq j\leq k. Zero-density conjecture. For any positive integer tt, as X→∞X\to\infty, the set of fields K∈M′(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.

References

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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