Index formulae for Stark units and their solutions

Details Index formulae for Stark units and their solutions Index formulae for Stark units and their solutions

2011-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/1112.2820v1

Mathematics

Number Theory

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Let $K/k$ be an abelian extension of number fields with a distinguished place of $k$ that splits totally in $K$. In that situation, the abelian rank one Stark conjecture predicts the existence of a unit in $K$, called the Stark unit, constructed from the values of the $L$-functions attached to the extension. In this paper, assuming the Stark unit exists, we prove index formulae for it. In a second part, we study the solutions of the index formulae and prove that they admit solutions unconditionally for quadratic, quartic and sextic (with some additional conditions) cyclic extensions. As a result we deduce a weak version of the conjecture ("up to absolute values") in these cases and precise results on when the Stark unit, if it exists, is a square.

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