Yoshizaki's generation conjecture for positive relative units

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Let Bn\mathbb{B}_n be the maximal real subfield of Q(ζ2n+2)\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2^{n+2}}), let Xn=2cos⁡(2π/2n+2)X_n=2\cos(2\pi/2^{n+2}), and let REn+=ker⁡(Nn/n−1:En→En−1)RE_n^+=\ker({\rm N}_{n/n-1}:E_n\to E_{n-1}). Define

ϵn=Xn+1Xn−1.\epsilon_n=\frac{X_n+1}{X_n-1}.

The notation ⟨−1,ϵn⟩Gal(Bn/Q)\langle-1,\epsilon_n\rangle_{{\rm Gal}(\mathbb{B}_n/\mathbb{Q})} denotes the subgroup generated by −1-1 and ϵn\epsilon_n as a Gal(Bn/Q){\rm Gal}(\mathbb{B}_n/\mathbb{Q})-module. Yoshizaki's generation conjecture. For all n≥1n\geq1,

REn+=⟨−1,ϵn⟩Gal(Bn/Q).RE_n^+=\langle-1,\epsilon_n\rangle_{{\rm Gal}(\mathbb{B}_n/\mathbb{Q})}.

This asserts that the explicitly constructed unit ϵn\epsilon_n generates all positive relative units, together with −1-1, under the Galois action. The supplied text does not state whether the assertion has been resolved.

References

Primary source

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

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