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Explicit class field theory for rational function fields

Thesis (MSc (Mathematical Sciences))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / Class field theory describes the abelian extensions of a given field K in terms of various
class groups of K, and can be viewed as one of the great successes of 20th century
number theory. However, the main results in class field theory are pure existence
results, and do not give explicit constructions of these abelian extensions. Such
explicit constructions are possible for a variety of special cases, such as for the field Q
of rational numbers, or for quadratic imaginary fields. When K is a global function
field, however, there is a completely explicit description of the abelian extensions of
K, utilising the theory of sign-normalised Drinfeld modules of rank one. In this thesis
we give detailed survey of explicit class field theory for rational function fields over
finite fields, and of the fundamental results needed to master this topic.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2143
Date12 1900
CreatorsRakotoniaina, Tahina
ContributorsBreuer, Florian, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences.
PublisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsStellenbosch University

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