On Iwasawa Theory over Function Fields

Abstract: Let

k_{i n f t y}

be a

-extension of a global function field

k

of characteristic

p

. Let

C l_{k_{i n f t y}, p}

be the

p

completion of the class group of

k_{i n f t y}

. We prove that the characteristic ideal of the Galois module

C l_{k_{i n f t y}, p}

is generated by the Stickelberger element of Gross which calculates the special values of

L

functions.

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