Ray Class Group
The ray modulo m is
A modulus m can be split into two parts, mf and m∞, the product over the finite and infinite places, respectively. Let Im to be one of the following:
- if K is a number field, the subgroup of the group of fractional ideals generated by ideals coprime to mf;
- if K is a function field of an algebraic curve over k, the group of divisors, rational over k, with support away from m.
In both case, there is a group homomorphism i : Km,1 → Im obtained by sending a to the principal ideal (resp. divisor) (a).
The ray class group modulo m is the quotient Cm = Im / i(Km,1). A coset of i(Km,1) is called a ray class modulo m.
Erich Hecke's original definition of Hecke characters may be interpreted in terms of characters of the ray class group with respect to some modulus m.
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