Komatsu–Morisawa–Okazaki trace conjecture for relative units

Let Bn\mathbb{B}_n be the maximal real subfield of Q(ζ2n+2)\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2^{n+2}}), let EnE_n be its group of units, and let Nn/n1:EnEn1{\rm N}_{n/n-1}:E_n\to E_{n-1} be the norm map. Define

REn=Nn/n11({±1}),RE_n={\rm N}_{n/n-1}^{-1}({\{\pm1\}}),

and, for ϵotin{±1}\epsilon otin\{\pm1\}, define Trn(ϵ2)=σGal(Bn/Q)σ(ϵ2){\rm Tr}_n(\epsilon^2)=\sum_{\sigma\in{\rm Gal}(\mathbb{B}_n/\mathbb{Q})}\sigma(\epsilon^2). Komatsu–Morisawa–Okazaki's conjecture. For all n1n\geq1,

min{Trn(ϵ2)ϵREn{±1}}2n(2n+11).\min\{{\rm Tr}_n(\epsilon^2)\mid \epsilon\in RE_n\setminus \{\pm1\}\}\geq 2^n(2^{n+1}-1).

Morisawa and Okazaki resolved the assertion for REnRE_n^-, but the corresponding assertion for REn+RE_n^+ remains unresolved. This conjecture concerns traces of relative units in the cyclotomic tower and is relevant to Weber's class number problem.

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Hyuga Yoshizaki, “Weber's class number problem and its variants”, arXiv:2211.15201 (2022).

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