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Given a finite Galois extension \(N/K\) of global fields, the construction of Chinburg's third invariant \(\Omega(N/K,3)\) has been generalized by Snaith (1994) and by \textit{T. Chinburg}, \textit{M. Kolster}, \textit{G. Pappas} and \textit{V. Snaith} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 320, No. 12, 1435-1440 (1995; Zbl 0840.11048)], using \(K\)-groups in dimensions \(2i\) and \(2i+1\), to yield a whole family of invariants \(\Omega_i(N/K,3)\), in which Chinburg's original invariant fits as \(\Omega_0(N/K,3)\). All these invariants live in the class group \(\text{Cl}(\mathbb{Z}[G(N/K)])\) and are conjecturally related to the Cassou-Noguès-Fröhlich class \(W_{N/K}\), which is defined in terms of the root numbers of the \(L\)-functions of irreducible symplectic representations of \(G(N/K)\). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between \(W_{N/\mathbb{Q}}\) and \(\Omega_1(N/\mathbb{Q},3)\) in the case of an infinite family of totally real extensions \(N\) of \(\mathbb{Q}\) whose Galois groups are isomorphic to the quaternion group \(Q_8\). More precisely, for each prime \(p\equiv 3\pmod 4\), there exists a unique such extension \(N/\mathbb{Q}\) in which only one odd prime (namely \(p\)) ramifies. Note that \(\text{Cl}(\mathbb{Z}[Q_8])\simeq (\mathbb{Z}/4)^*\simeq\{\pm 1\}\). The main results are: 1) \(W_{N/\mathbb{Q}}\) is trivial; 2) \(\Omega_1(N/\mathbb{Q},3)\) can be explicitly computed in terms of the value at \(s=-1\) of an Artin \(L\)-function; 3) When \(p= 3\), 11 or 19, \(\Omega_1(N/\mathbb{Q}, 3)\) is trivial. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0871.00037].











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