\(p\)-adic regulators on curves and special values of \(p\)-adic \(L\)-functions (Q1109091): Difference between revisions

Let \(C\) be a smooth projective curve over the algebraic closure \(\overline{\mathbb Q}_p\) of \(\mathbb Q_p\). The main objective of this paper is to define a (higher) \(p\)-adic regulator map \(r_{p,C}: K_2(C)\to \Hom(H^0(C,\Omega^1_C),\overline{\mathbb Q}_p)\) having properties similar to those of the higher complex regulator maps introduced by \textit{A. A. Beĭlinson} [Funct. Anal. Appl. 14, 116--118 (1980); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 14, No. 2, 46--47 (1980; Zbl 0475.14015)]. The technique for the construction of \(r_{p,C}\) is a \(p\)-adic analytic integration theory on \(C\); this was developed by the first author for \(\mathbb P^1\) [Invent. Math. 69, 171--208 (1982; Zbl 0516.12017)] and is extended here to the general case provided that the Jacobian of \(C\) has good reduction (only for these curves a regulator is defined in this paper). The key notion for the integration theory is that of a logarithmic \(F\)-crystal on a basic wide open (rigid analytic) space. In the second part of the paper (\S\S 4,5), for \(C=E\) an elliptic curve over \(\mathbb Q\) with complex multiplication, under certain conditions a formula is obtained that relates the \(p\)-adic regulator \(r_{p,C}\) to a special value of the \(p\)-adic \(L\)-function of \(E\). It is pointed out that this formula is a precise \(p\)-adic analogue of a corresponding result of \textit{S. Bloch} in the complex case [Proc. Int. Congr. Math., Helsinki 1978, Vol. 2, 511--515 (1980; Zbl 0454.14011)]. The authors expect that their result will support a \(p\)-adic version of the Beilinson conjectures, in the same way as Bloch's theorem stimulated and provided evidence for \textit{A. A. Beĭlinson}'s conjectures [J. Sov. Math. 30, 2036--2070 (1985); translation from Itogi Nauki Tekh., Ser. Sovrem. Probl. Mat. 24, 181--238 (1984; Zbl 0588.14013)].