The Brauer-Siegel and Tsfasman-Vladut Theorems for Almost Normal Extensions of Number Fields

Abstract

The classical Brauer-Siegel theorem states that if $k$ runs through the sequence of normal extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $n_k/\log|D_k|\to 0,$ then $\log h_k R_k/\log \sqrt{|D_k|}\to 1.$ First, in this paper we obtain the generalization of the Brauer-Siegel and Tsfasman-Vl\u{a}du\c{t} theorems to the case of almost normal number fields. Second, using the approach of Hajir and Maire, we construct several new examples concerning the Brauer-Siegel ratio in asymptotically good towers of number fields. These examples give smaller values of the Brauer-Siegel ratio than those given by Tsfasman and Vl\u{a}du\c{t}