On the Narrow 2-Class Field Tower of Some Real Quadratic Number Fields: Lengths Heuristics Follow-Up

Abstract

In this article we continue the investigation of the length of the narrow 2-class field tower of real quadratic number fields k whose discriminants are not a sum of two squares and for which their 2-class groups are elementary of order 4. Letting G equal the Galois group of the second Hilbert narrow 2-class field over k, and [Gi] denote the lower central series of G, we give heuristic evidence that the length of the narrow 2-class field tower of k is equal to 2 when G/G3 is of type 64.150 (in the tables of Hall and Senior). We also give the formulation of the relevant unit groups of the narrow Hilbert 2-class field for these fields.

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