A subexponential algorithm for the determination of class groups and regulators of algebraic number fields

A new probabilistic algorithm for the determination of class groups and regulators of an algebraic number eld F is presented. Heuristic evidence is given which shows that the expected running time of the algorithm is exp(p log D log log D) c+o(1) where D is the absolute discriminant of F, where c 2 R >0 is an absolute constant, and where the o(1)-function depends on the degree of F.