 Ferrero-Washington theorem (source code)

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= Ferrero-Washington theorem
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For a finite abelian extension of $\mathbb Q$, the <unramified Iwasawa module> of its <cyclotomic Zp-extension> has $\mu=0$. This removes $p$-power elementary factors from its characteristic ideal. The theorem does not assert $\mu=0$ for arbitrary noncyclotomic <Zp-extensions>.

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