Equidistribution conjecture for the class and regulator data in the Greenberg algorithm

Fix n0n\gg0. Let tj{\mathfrak t}_j be the fundamental ideals encountered by the algorithm that inductively computes the successive class and norm factors in bnb_n steps; when tj{\mathfrak t}_j is principal, write tj=(τj){\mathfrak t}_j=(\tau_j). Let c ⁣k(tj)c\!\ell_k({\mathfrak t}_j) denote the ideal class of tj{\mathfrak t}_j in Ck{\mathcal C}_k, let ι\iota be the relevant embedding, let Ek\overline E_k be the closure of the unit group, and let UkU_k^* be the group of local units. Define

log(tj):=log(ιτj)(modlog(Ek)),Rk=log(Uk)/log(Ek).\log({\mathfrak t}_j):=\log(\iota\tau_j)\pmod{\log(\overline E_k)},\qquad {\mathcal R}_k=\log(U_k^*)/\log(\overline E_k).

Equidistribution conjecture. The following assertions hold:

  1. The classes c ⁣k(tj)c\!\ell_k({\mathfrak t}_j) are uniformly distributed in Ck{\mathcal C}_k.
  2. Whenever tj=(τj){\mathfrak t}_j=(\tau_j), the images log(tj)\log({\mathfrak t}_j) are uniformly distributed in the normalized regulator Rk{\mathcal R}_k.

The conjecture is motivated by treating the ideals produced by the algorithm as random and is intended to explain why the algorithm should avoid unbounded behavior. The source does not provide a resolution or a precise probabilistic formulation beyond these uniform-distribution assertions.

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Primary source

Georges Gras, “Algorithmic complexity of Greenberg's conjecture”, arXiv:2004.06959 (2021).

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