On Furtwängler's theorems and second case of Fermat's Last Theorem
Abstract: This article, complement to the article [Que], deals with some generalizations of Futw\"angler's theorems for the second case of Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT2). Let $p$ be an odd prime, $\zeta$ a $p$th primitive root of unity, $K:=\Q(\zeta)$ and $C\ell_K$ the class group of $K$. A prime $q$ is said $p$-principal if the class $c\ell_K (\mk q_K)\in C\ell_K$ of any prime ideal $\mk q_K$ of $\Z_K$ over $q$ is the $p$th power of a class. Assume that FLT2 fails for $(p,x,y,z)$ where $x, y, z$ are mutually coprime integers, $p$ divides $y$ and $xp+yp+zp=0$. Let $q$ be a prime dividing $\frac{(xp+yp)(yp+zp)(zp+xp)}{(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)}$ and $\mk q_K$ be any prime ideal of $K$ over $q$. We obtain the $p$-power residue symbols relations: $$(\frac{p}{\mk q_K})K=(\frac{1-\zetaj}{\mk q_K})_K for j=1,\dots,p-1.$$ As an application, we prove that: if Vandiver's conjecture holds for $p$ then $q$ is a $p$-principal prime. Similarly, let $q$ be a prime dividing $\frac{(xp-yp)(yp-zp)(zp-xp)}{(x-y)(y-z)(z-x)}$ and $\mk q_K$ be the prime ideal of $K$ over $q$ dividing $(x\zeta-y)(z\zeta-y)(x\zeta -z)$. We give an explicit formula for the $p$-power residue symbols $(\frac{\epsilon{k}}{\mk q_K})_K$ for all $k$ with $1<k\leq\frac{p-1}{2},$ where $\epsilon_k$ is the cyclotomic unit given by $\epsilon_k=:\zeta{(1-k)/2}\cdot\frac{1+\zetak}{1+\zeta}.$ The principle of proofs rely on the $p$-Hilbert class field theory.
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