Hilbert's theorem 90 for finite nilpotent groups

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Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA

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‎In this note we prove an analog of Hilbert's theorem 90 for finite nilpotent groups‎. ‎Our version of Hilbert's theorem 90 was inspired by the Boston--Bush--Hajir (BBH) heuristics in number theory and will be useful in extending the BBH heuristics beyond quadratic field extensions‎.

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