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Elliptic Units and Class Fields of Global Function Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Sunghan Bae and
Pyung-Lyun Kang
Sunghan Bae
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, KAIST, Taejon, 305-701, Korea
Pyung-Lyun Kang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, KAIST, Taejon, 305-701, Korea
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Abstract

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Elliptic units of global function fields were first studied by D. Hayes in the case that deg ∞ is assumed to be 1, and he obtained some class number formulas using elliptic units. We generalize Hayes’ results to the case that deg ∞ is arbitrary.

Keywords

11R5811G09

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Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1997, pp. 385 - 394
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1997

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