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On the classification of algebraic function fields of class number three

Alberto Picone

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Discrete mathematicsAlgebraic function fieldFunction field of an algebraic varietyField (mathematics)Algebraic number fieldAlgebraic function fieldTheoretical Computer ScienceCombinatoricsDiscriminant of an algebraic number fieldField extensionDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQuadratic fieldAlgebraic functionSettore MAT/03 - GeometriaMathematicsClass number

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AbstractLet F be an algebraic function field of one variable having a finite field Fq with q>2 elements as its field of constants. We determine all such fields for which the class number is three. More precisely, we show that, up to Fq-isomorphism, there are only 8 of such function fields. For q=2 the problem has been solved under the additional hypothesis that the function field is quadratic.

10.1016/j.disc.2011.05.014http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2011.05.014