LMFDB definition

Narrow class groups

The narrow class group of a number field KK is the group of equivalence classes of ideals, given by the quotient of the multiplicative group of all fractional ideals of KK by the subgroup of principal fractional ideals which have a totally positive generator. It is a finite abelian group whose order is the narrow class number.

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