Unit indices of some imaginary composite quadratic fields (Q1326970)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 589810
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Unit indices of some imaginary composite quadratic fields
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 589810

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    Unit indices of some imaginary composite quadratic fields (English)
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    15 June 1994
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    Let \(K\) be an imaginary abelian number field of type (2,2,2,2) not containing the 8th cyclotomic field. Using the fundamental units of real quadratic subfields of \(K\), we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the unit index \(Q_ K\) of \(K\) to be equal to 2.
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    imaginary abelian number field
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    fundamental units
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    unit index
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