Stark's conjecture on Stark elements

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Let K/kK/k be an abelian extension of number fields with Galois group GG, let SS satisfy (St1)–(St3), and let ww be a place of KK in SKS_K with trivial decomposition group in GG; write vv for the place of kk below ww, let ee be the number of roots of unity in KK, and let UK/kabU_{K/k}^{\mathrm{ab}} and U(v)U^{(v)} be the submodules of OK,S×\mathcal{O}_{K,S}^{\times} defined in the source. Stark element conjecture. There is ϵ∈UK/kab∩U(v)\epsilon\in U_{K/k}^{\mathrm{ab}}\cap U^{(v)} such that

log⁡∥ϵ∥σw=−e ζK/k,S′(0,σ−1)for all σ∈G,\log\|\epsilon\|_{\sigma w}=-e\,\zeta'_{K/k,S}(0,\sigma^{-1})\quad\text{for all }\sigma\in G,

equivalently,

LK/k,S′(0,χ)=−1e∑σ∈Gχ‾(σ)log⁡∥ϵ∥σwfor all χ∈G^,L'_{K/k,S}(0,\chi)=-\frac{1}{e}\sum_{\sigma\in G}\overline{\chi}(\sigma)\log\|\epsilon\|_{\sigma w}\quad\text{for all }\chi\in\widehat{G},

and

∑χ∈G^LK/k,S′(0,χ)eχ‾=−1e∑σ∈Glog⁡∥ϵ∥σw σ.\sum_{\chi\in\widehat{G}}L'_{K/k,S}(0,\chi)e_{\overline{\chi}}=-\frac{1}{e}\sum_{\sigma\in G}\log\|\epsilon\|_{\sigma w}\,\sigma.

These Stark elements are described as existing only conjecturally in general, although they are known in some cases; the source attributes the formulation to Stark's conjecture as presented by Tate.

References

Primary source

Paul Buckingham, “The canonical fractional Galois ideal at s=0”, arXiv:0803.2605 (2008).

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