On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree

A criterion for a prime to be a common index divisor of a dihedral field of prime degree is given. This criterion is used to determine the index of families of dihedral fields of degrees 5 and 7.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blair K. Spearman, Kenneth S. Williams, Qiduan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/89713