The multiplicity conjecture for Whitehead groups of Cpn×CpnC_{p^n}\times C_{p^n}

Let pp be an odd prime and let ii be a positive integer. For n2in\geq 2i, define

Ti(n)=(p1)(2E(i)pn(i/2+2)+(n2i)pi1),T_i(n)=(p-1)\left(2^{E(i)}p^{n-(\left\lfloor i/2\right\rfloor+2)}+(n-2i)p^{i-1}\right),

where E(i)E(i) is 11 if ii is even and 00 if it is odd. Let SK1(Z[Cpn×Cpn])SK_1(\mathbb Z[C_{p^n}\times C_{p^n}]) be the Whitehead group under consideration. Multiplicity conjecture. For an integer n2n\geq 2 and an odd prime pp, the multiplicity of CpiC_{p^i}, for 0<i<n0<i<n, in the decomposition of SK1(Z[Cpn×Cpn])SK_1(\mathbb Z[C_{p^n}\times C_{p^n}]) as a product of cyclic groups is Ti(n)T_i(n) if 2in2i\leq n, and Tni(2(ni))T_{n-i}(2(n-i)) otherwise. In particular, the multiplicity of CpC_p is T1(n)=(pn2+n2)(p1)T_1(n)=(p^{n-2}+n-2)(p-1), while the multiplicity of Cpn1C_{p^{n-1}} is always T1(2)=p1T_1(2)=p-1. The conjecture is motivated by explicit computations for n=2,3,4,5,6n=2,3,4,5,6; the exponent is known to be pn1p^{n-1}, so the multiplicity of CpnC_{p^n} is zero. The general decomposition remains conjectural.

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Nadia Romero, “Computing Whitehead groups using genetic bases”, arXiv:1506.01120 (2015).

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