Sur l'indépendance \(\ell\)-adique de nombres algébriques. (On \(\ell\)- adic independence of algebraic numbers) (Q1061783)

Let \(\ell\) be a prime number, K a finite Galois extension of the field of rational numbers, and M a finitely generated G-submodule of \(K^{\times}\). The author gives a conjectural description of the \(\ell\)- adic rank of M in terms of the character of its Galois representation. The main condition for the rank to be as large as one can expect should be that the \({\mathbb{Q}}[G]\)-module \({\mathbb{Q}}\otimes_{{\mathbb{Z}}}M\) is monogenic. This description provides 1) a generalization of Leopoldt's conjecture (the author shows that his conjecture would follow from the algebraic independence of \({\mathbb{Q}}\)-linearly independent p-adic logarithms of algebraic numbers); 2) a generalization of a conjecture of Gross. The author proves his conjectures in some cases, e.g. when G is abelian.