On the average size of $3$-torsion in class groups of $C_2\wr H$-extensions

Abstract

The Cohen-Lenstra-Martinet heuristics lead one to conjecture that the average size of the $p$-torsion in class groups of $G$-extensions of a number field is finite. In a 2021 paper, Lemke Oliver, Wang, and Wood proved this conjecture in the case of $p=3$ for permutation groups $G$ of the form $C_2\wr H$ for a broad family of permutation groups $H$, including most nilpotent groups. However, their theorem does not apply for some nilpotent groups of interest, such as $H=C_5$. We extend their results to prove that the average size of $3$-torsion in class groups of $C_2\wr H$-extensions is finite for any nilpotent group $H$.

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