• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.765-773
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• 2002

Let $textsc{k}$＝$F_{q}$(T) be a rational function field. Let $\ell$ be a prime number with ($\ell$, q-1) ＝ 1. Let K/$textsc{k}$ be an elmentary abelian $\ell$-extension which is contained in some cyclotomic function field. In this paper, we study the $\ell$-divisibility of ideal class number $h_{K}$ of K by using cyclotomic units.s.s.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.1357-1365
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• 2013

We find a lower bound on the number of real/inert imagi-nary/ramified imaginary quadratic extensions of the function field $\mathbb{F}_q(t)$ whose ideal class groups have an element of a fixed order, where $q$ is a power of 2.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.1463-1481
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• 2021

Divisibility properties of harmonic numbers by a prime number p have been a recurrent topic. However, finding the exact p-adic orders of them is not easy. Using class numbers of number fields and Bernoulli numbers, we compute the exact p-adic orders of harmonic type sums. Moreover, we obtain an asymptotic formula for generalized harmonic numbers whose p-adic orders are exactly one.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.233-242
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• 1998

Let $k = Q(\sqrt{m})$ be a real quadratic field. In this paper, the following theorems on p-divisibility of the class number h of k are studied for each prime pp. Theorem 1. If the discriminant of k has at least three distinct prime divisors, then 2 divides h. Theorem 2. If an odd prime p divides h, then p divides $B_{a,\chi\omega^{-1}}$, where $\chi$ is the nontrivial character of k, and $\omega$ is the Teichmuller character for pp. Theorem 3. Let $h_n$ be the class number of $k_n$, the nth layer of the $Z_p$-extension $k_\infty$ of k. If p does not divide $B_{a,\chi\omega^{-1}}$, then $p \notmid h_n$ for all $n \geq 0$.