On the Complexity of Computing Class Groups of Algebraic Number Fields

Let n be a fixed natural number, feZ[x] a monic irreducible polynomial of degree n. Let F=Q(ρ) be the algebraic number field which is generated by a root ρ of f and assume that 1, ρ, ρ2, ..., ρn−1 is a Z-basis of the maximal order O of F. In this paper we describe an algorithm by which the class group Cl of F can be computed in D1+e binary operations where D denotes the discriminant of F.