Index formulae for stark units and their solutions

DOI10.2140/PJM.2013.266.391zbMATH Open1284.11149arXiv1112.2820OpenAlexW2114082639MaRDI QIDQ395035FDOQ395035

Authors: Xavier-François Roblot 

Publication date: 28 January 2014

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $K/k$ be an abelian extension of number fields with a distinguished place of $k$ that splits totally in $K$. In that situation, the abelian rank one Stark conjecture predicts the existence of a unit in $K$, called the Stark unit, constructed from the values of the $L$-functions attached to the extension. In this paper, assuming the Stark unit exists, we prove index formulae for it. In a second part, we study the solutions of the index formulae and prove that they admit solutions unconditionally for quadratic, quartic and sextic (with some additional conditions) cyclic extensions. As a result we deduce a weak version of the conjecture ("up to absolute values") in these cases and precise results on when the Stark unit, if it exists, is a square.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2820

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zbMATH Keywords

index formulaequartic and sextic extensionsStark unit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Units and factorization (11R27) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Zeta functions and (L)-functions of number fields (11R42)

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