Zagier's K-theoretic polylogarithm conjecture

Let FF be a number field and let m2m\geq 2. Write K2m1(F)K_{2m-1}(F) for the algebraic K-group, let PmP_m be the modified polylogarithm, and let Rm(F):K2m1(F)RnR_m(F):K_{2m-1}(F)\longrightarrow{\mathbb R}^{n_{\mp}} be the Borel regulator, where n±n_{\pm} is chosen according to the sign of (1)m(-1)^m and nn_{\mp} is the other signature number. Let Z[F]\mathbb Z[F^{*}] denote the free abelian group on FF^{*}, and let Bm(F)B_m(F) be a finitely generated subquotient of this group.

Zagier's K-theoretic conjecture. There is a homomorphism Bm(F)K2m1(F)B_m(F)\longrightarrow K_{2m-1}(F) with finite kernel and cokernel such that the composition with Rm(F)R_m(F) equals the map induced by

Pm(F):Bm(F)Rn.P_m(F):B_m(F)\longrightarrow{\mathbb R}^{n_{\mp}}.

Moreover, the image of Pm(F)P_m(F) is a lattice whose covolume is

ζF(m)dFπmn±.\frac{\zeta_F(m)\sqrt{d_F}}{\pi^{m n_{\pm}}}.

Beilinson constructed a map of the indicated type for a subquotient, and the conjecture is closely related to the Lichtenbaum conjecture. The latter predicts that the ratio of the orders of the kernel and cokernel is determined by torsion in K2m1(OF)K_{2m-1}(\mathcal O_F), by K2m2(OF)K_{2m-2}(\mathcal O_F), and by powers of 22; the full assertion remains open.

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Primary source

Zacky Choo, Wajid Mannan, Rubén J. Sánchez-García and Victor P. Snaith, “Computing Borel's Regulator”, arXiv:0908.3765 (2012).

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