A geometric approach to the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics

Aaron Landesman (Stanford University)

04-Nov-2020, 20:00-21:00 (3 years ago)

Abstract: For any positive integer $n$, we explain why the total number of order $n$ elements in class groups of quadratic fields of discriminant having absolute value at most $X$ is $O_n(X^{5/4})$.

number theory

Audience: researchers in the topic


Harvard number theory seminar

Organizers: Ashvin Swaminathan*, Naomi Sweeting*
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