Infinitude conjecture for nontrivial relative torsion groups in cyclotomic fields

Let N2N\geq 2 and let pp be a prime with pNp\nmid N. Let ψN\psi_N be a character of Q(μN)\mathbb{Q}(\mu_N) of order NN, and let pN{\mathfrak p}_N be a prime above pp in Q(μN)\mathbb{Q}(\mu_N). Infinitude conjecture for relative torsion groups. There exist infinitely many pairs (N,p)(N,p) such that

12Lp(1,ψN)0(modpN),\frac{1}{2}L_p(1,\psi_N)\equiv 0\pmod{{\mathfrak p}_N},

so that TQ(N)1{\mathcal T}_{\mathbb{Q}(N)}^*\ne 1. This predicts infinitely many nontrivial relative torsion groups when the parameters NN and pp vary; for fixed KQ^K\subset\widehat{\mathbb{Q}}, the source separately mentions a conjectured finiteness statement.

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Primary source

Georges Gras, “Weber's class number problem and p-rationality in the cyclotomic Z-extension of Q”, arXiv:2009.05278 (2020).

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