idèle class group

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The idèle class group is a fundamental arithmetic object in number theory that encodes global information about a number field via its idèles and plays a central role in class field theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abelian group
locally compact group
mathematical object
topological group
arisesFrom restricted direct product of local multiplicative groups
category global arithmetic invariant
constructedFrom idèle group
multiplicative group of a number field
containsInformationAbout ideal class group
narrow class group
ray class groups
definedAs quotient of the idèle group by the multiplicative group of the field
dependsOn choice of number field K
dualObject Größencharacters
Hecke characters NERFINISHED
encodes global arithmetic information of a number field
field number field
generalizes ideal class group
hasComponent archimedean idèles
finite idèles
hasSubgroup connected component of identity at archimedean places
introducedIn class field theory
localComponent multiplicative group of a local field
mapsTo Galois group of maximal abelian extension via Artin map
notation A_K^×/K^×
C_K
property Hausdorff NERFINISHED
locally compact abelian
σ-compact
quotientBySubgroup ideal class group
relatedConcept Hilbert class field NERFINISHED
adèle
idele group NERFINISHED
idèle
ray class field
relatedTo ideal class group
roleInClassFieldTheory Galois group of maximal abelian extension is isomorphic to a quotient of the idèle class group
studiedBy Claude Chevalley NERFINISHED
symbolForField C_K = A_K^×/K^×
topology quotient topology from the idèle group
usedIn Artin reciprocity law NERFINISHED
Tate’s thesis NERFINISHED
abelian extensions of number fields
definition of global L-functions via Hecke characters
global class field theory
harmonic analysis on adèle groups
usedToClassify finite abelian extensions of a number field

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Weil group relatedTo idèle class group