On Silverman's estimate of regulators (Q1335553)

The author derives a lower estimate for the regulator of an algebraic number field \(K\) of degree \(n= [K: \mathbb{Q}]\geq 2\) which in some cases is better than the one proved by \textit{J. Silverman} [J. Number Theory 19, 437-442 (1984; Zbl 0552.12003)], for example in the case of unramified extensions.