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Genus of a number field

I'm reading Algebraic Number Theory by Neukirch. In chapter 3, he defines the genus of a number field as $$ g = \log \frac{ |\mu (K)| \sqrt{|d_K|}}{2^{r} (2\pi)^{s}} $$ where $|\mu(K)|$ is its ...
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