Class Numbers of Ray Class Fields of Imaginary Quadratic Fields

Let K be an imaginary quadratic field with class number one and let [Special characters omitted.] be a degree one prime ideal of norm p not dividing 6 d K . In this thesis we generalize an algorithm of Schoof to compute the class number of ray class fields [Special characters omitted.] heuristically. We achieve this by using elliptic units analytically constructed by Stark and the Galois action on them given by Shimura\u27s reciprocity law. We have discovered a very interesting phenomena where p divides the class number of [Special characters omitted.] . This is a counterexample to the elliptic analogue of a well-known conjecture, namely the Vandiver\u27s conjecture

CLASS NUMBERS OF RAY CLASS FIELDS OF IMAGINARY QUADRATIC FIELDS

Let K be an imaginary quadratic field with class number one and let p subset of O(K) be a degree one prime ideal of norm p not dividing 6d(K). In this paper we generalize an algorithm of Schoof to compute the class numbers of ray class fields K(p) heuristically. We achieve this by using elliptic units analytically constructed by Stark and the Galois action on them given by Shimura's reciprocity law. We have discovered a very interesting phenomenon where p divides the class number of K(p). This is a counterexample to the elliptic analogue of Vandiver's conjecture