Popescu's higher-rank abelian Stark conjecture

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Let K/kK/k be a finite abelian extension of number fields with Galois group GG. Let SS be a finite set of places of kk, let ES(K)E_S(K) be the group of SKS_K-units, let ES(K)abE_S(K)^{\mathrm{ab}} be the subgroup of units uu such that K(u1/wK)/kK(u^{1/w_K})/k is abelian, and let rr and η′\eta' be as in Hypothesis StarkHhigher. Define

ΛK,Sab={x∈Q⋀Z[G]rES(K)∣φ1∧⋯∧φr−1(x)∈ES(K)ab~ for all φi∈ES(K)∗}.\Lambda_{K,S}^{\mathrm{ab}}=\left\{x\in\mathbb{Q}\bigwedge_{\mathbb{Z}[G]}^{r}E_S(K)\mid \varphi_1\wedge\cdots\wedge\varphi_{r-1}(x)\in\widetilde{E_S(K)^{\mathrm{ab}}}\text{ for all }\varphi_i\in E_S(K)^*\right\}.

Popescu's conjecture. Assuming Hypothesis StarkHhigher, one has

wK⋅η′∈ΛK,Sab.w_K\cdot\eta'\in\Lambda_{K,S}^{\mathrm{ab}}.

For r=1r=1 this recovers Stark's abelian rank-one conjecture; in higher rank it predicts that the canonical exterior-power element built from leading LL-values satisfies an arithmetic integrality and abelianity condition. The source presents it as an open conjecture and reports numerical verification in the studied cubic extensions.

References

Primary source

Kevin McGown, Jonathan Sands and Daniel Vallières, “Numerical evidence for higher order Stark-type conjectures”, arXiv:1705.09729 (2017).

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