Iwasawa's constant \mu vanishes in cyclotomic \Z_p-extensions of CM fields

Abstract: Let

K

be a galois CM extension of

Q

and

K_{i n f t y}

its cyclotomic

-extension. Let

A_{n}

be the

p

-parts of the class groups in the intermediate subfields

K_{n} s u b s e t K_{i n f t y}

and

g A = v a r p r o j l i m_{n} A_{n}

. We show that the

p

-rank of

g A

is finite, which is equivalent to the vanishing of Iwasawa's constant

m u

for

g A

. (Currently withdrawn)

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