Denominators of Eisenstein cohomology classes for GL₂ over imaginary quadratic fields

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Abstract: We study the arithmetic of Eisenstein cohomology classes (in the sense of G. Harder) for symmetric spaces associated to GL_2 over imaginary quadratic fields. We prove in many cases a lower bound on their denominator in terms of a special L-value of a Hecke character providing evidence for a conjecture of Harder that the denominator is given by this L-value. We also prove under some additional assumptions that the restriction of the classes to the boundary of the Borel-Serre compactification of the spaces is integral. Such classes are interesting for their use in congruences with cuspidal classes to prove connections between the special L-value and the size of the Selmer group of the Hecke character.


G. Harder initiated a program to describe the cohomology of arithmetic groups in terms of cusp forms and Eisenstein series. Following this program, the author studies the arithmetic of Eisenstein cohomology classes for symmetric spaces associated to \(\text{GL}_2\) over imaginary quadratic fields. In particular, he proves a lower bound for the denominator of degree \(1\) Eisenstein classes in terms of a special \(L\)-value of a Hecke character, as conjectured by Harder. He also provides conditions under which the restriction of the Eisenstein classes to the boundary of the Borel-Serre compactification of the symmetric space is integral.



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