The predicted unit signature-rank distribution for odd-degree S_n-fields

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Let KK be a number field with signature (r1,r2)(r_1,r_2) whose Galois closure has Galois group SnS_n, where nn is odd. Let EKE_K be the unit group of KK, and let sgnrk(EK)\operatorname{sgnrk}(E_K) denote its signature rank. Define (q)m=i=1m(1qi)(q)_m=\prod_{i=1}^m(1-q^{-i}). Unit signature-rank conjecture. As KK varies over these fields, ordered by absolute discriminant, for every integer ss with 1sr11\leq s\leq r_1,

Prob(sgnrk(EK)=s)=2(r1+r2s)(sr1)(2)r1+r21(4)(r11)/2(4)(r11)/2+r2(2)(2)r1+r2s(2)s1(4)\operatorname{Prob}(\operatorname{sgnrk}(E_K)=s)=2^{(r_1+r_2-s)(s-r_1)}\frac{(2)_{r_1+r_2-1}(4)_{(r_1-1)/2}(4)_{(r_1-1)/2+r_2}(2)_\infty}{(2)_{r_1+r_2-s}(2)_{s-1}(4)_\infty} ×ρ=max(0,(r1+1)/2s)12ρ(r1+r21)+ρ(ρ+1)/2(2)r1+r21+ρk=max(0,r1sρ)min(r1s,(r11)/2)2k(r1sk)(2)r11k(2)ρ+k+r2(2)r1sk(4)(r11)/2k(2)k(2)k+r2(2)ρ+kr1+s.\times\sum_{\rho=\max(0,(r_1+1)/2-s)}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{\rho(r_1+r_2-1)+\rho(\rho+1)/2}(2)_{r_1+r_2-1+\rho}} \sum_{k=\max(0,r_1-s-\rho)}^{\min(r_1-s,(r_1-1)/2)}\frac{2^{k(r_1-s-k)}(2)_{r_1-1-k}(2)_{\rho+k+r_2}}{(2)_{r_1-s-k}(4)_{(r_1-1)/2-k}(2)_k(2)_{k+r_2}(2)_{\rho+k-r_1+s}}.

This prediction is obtained by combining the conditional signature-rank distribution with the predicted class-group rank and rank-difference distributions. The source gives no resolution.

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David S. Dummit, John Voight and appendix with Richard Foote, “The 2-Selmer group of a number field and heuristics for narrow class groups and signature ranks of units”, arXiv:1702.00092 (2018).

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