Hilbert class field

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The Hilbert class field of a number field is its maximal unramified abelian extension, central in class field theory as it corresponds to the field’s ideal class group.

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instanceOf mathematical concept
number field extension
object in algebraic number theory
appearsIn Hilbert’s 12th problem
theory of complex multiplication of elliptic curves
characterizedBy Artin reciprocity isomorphism with the ideal class group
conductor equal to the ring of integers of the base field
every ideal class of the base field becomes principal in it
no nontrivial unramified abelian extension of the base field lies strictly above it
constructedVia class field theory
idele class group and Artin map
ray class fields with trivial modulus
contains all finite unramified abelian extensions of the base field
correspondsTo ideal class group of the base field
maximal unramified abelian extension in class field theory
definedOver number field
degreeOverBaseFieldEquals class number of the base field
fieldOfStudy algebraic number theory
class field theory
forBaseField number field with given ideal class group
GaloisGroupIsomorphicTo ideal class group of the base field
generalizationOf Hilbert class field of an imaginary quadratic field generated by j-invariants
hasApplication computing class numbers
studying capitulation of ideal classes in extensions
hasProperty Galois over the base number field
abelian over the base number field
finite extension of the base number field
its Galois group is isomorphic to the ideal class group of the base field
maximal unramified abelian extension of a number field
normal extension of the base number field
unique up to isomorphism for a given number field
unramified at all finite places of the base field
unramified at all finite primes of the base field
hasSpecialCase Hilbert class field of a real quadratic field
Hilbert class field of an imaginary quadratic field
Hilbert class field of the rational numbers
linked to: Hilbert class field
namedAfter David Hilbert
relatedTo Hilbert class polynomial
Kronecker–Weber theorem in the case of Q
maximal unramified extension
narrow Hilbert class field
linked to: Hilbert class field

ray class field
unramifiedAt every nonzero prime ideal of the ring of integers of the base field
usedIn complex multiplication theory
construction of unramified extensions
explicit class field theory
proofs and formulations of class field theory
study of ideal class groups
study of the arithmetic of quadratic fields

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Kronecker–Weber theorem relatedTo Hilbert class field
Gaussian periods relatedTo Hilbert class fields of imaginary quadratic fields
linked to: Hilbert class field
global class field theory usesConcept Hilbert class field
global class field theory generalizes Hilbert class field theory
linked to: Hilbert class field
Hilbert class field hasSpecialCase Hilbert class field of the rational numbers
linked to: Hilbert class field
Hilbert class field relatedTo narrow Hilbert class field
linked to: Hilbert class field
Kummer theory relatesTo Hilbert class field
Artin reciprocity law relatedTo Hilbert class field
Furtwängler’s theorem in class field theory appliesTo Hilbert class fields
linked to: Hilbert class field
idèle class group relatedConcept Hilbert class field