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.

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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
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spelling doaj-3d19c2d12da94fa5be514941109e53272020-11-24T22:57:02ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252007-01-01200710.1155/2007/8971389713On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime DegreeBlair K. Spearman0Kenneth S. Williams1Qiduan Yang2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, CanadaSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, CanadaA 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/89713
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Qiduan Yang
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On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Kenneth S. Williams
Qiduan Yang
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title On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
title_short On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
title_full On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
title_fullStr On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
title_full_unstemmed On the Common Index Divisors of a Dihedral Field of Prime Degree
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
issn 0161-1712
1687-0425
publishDate 2007-01-01
description 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.
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