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A database of number fields

Part of: Algebraic number theory: global fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2014

John W. Jones  and
David P. Roberts
John W. Jones
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 871804, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA email jj@asu.edu
David P. Roberts
Affiliation:
Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN 56267, USA email roberts@morris.umn.edu

Abstract

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We describe an online database of number fields which accompanies this paper. The database centers on complete lists of number fields with prescribed invariants. Our description here focuses on summarizing tables and connections to theoretical issues of current interest.

MSC classification

Primary: 11R21: Other number fields 11R32: Galois theory

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Research Article
Information
LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , 2014 , pp. 595 - 618
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© The Author(s) 2014 

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