Let ℓ \ell ℓ be the prime and retain the notation introduced for J J J , the Hilbert-symbol computation, U k ( u ) U_k^{(u)} U k ( u ) , U k ′ U_k' U k ′ , H H H , c N ′ c_N' c N ′ , b b b , π \pi π , Δ \Delta Δ , and ζ ℓ \zeta_{\ell} ζ ℓ . For each u ∈ 0 , 1 u\in\\{0,1\\} u ∈ 0 , 1 , there exists an integer r u r_u r u with
0 ≤ r u ≤ ⌈ j − i 0 2 ⌉ . 0\leq r_u\leq \left\lceil\frac{j-i_0}{2}\right\rceil. 0 ≤ r u ≤ ⌈ 2 j − i 0 ⌉ .
The conjecture. For 0 ≤ k ≤ ⌈ j − i 0 2 ⌉ 0\leq k\leq \left\lceil\frac{j-i_0}{2}\right\rceil 0 ≤ k ≤ ⌈ 2 j − i 0 ⌉ , the coefficients satisfy the stated congruences for U k ( u ) U_k^{(u)} U k ( u ) and U k ′ U_k' U k ′ , and consequently
H / ℓ N − ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) ≡ { 1 ( m o d ℓ ) ( 1 ≤ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) < N ) − 1 ( m o d ℓ ) ( ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N ) H/\ell^{N-\operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')}\equiv \begin{dcases} 1 \pmod{\ell} &(1\leq \operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')<N)\\\\ -1 \pmod{\ell} &(\operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')=N) \end{dcases} H / ℓ N − ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) ≡ ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ 1 ( mod ℓ ) − 1 ( mod ℓ ) ( 1 ≤ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) < N ) ( ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N )
and
( 1 + π f Δ , π − 1 , Δ ) ℓ N = { ζ ℓ 2 b ( − 1 ) N − 1 ( b ≠ 0 ) ζ ℓ 2 c N ′ ℓ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) ( b = 0 , 1 ≤ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) < N ) ζ ℓ − 2 c N ′ ℓ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) ( b = 0 , ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N ) . (1+\pi^{f_{\Delta,\pi}-1},\Delta)_{\ell^N}=\begin{dcases} \zeta_{\ell}^{2b(-1)^{N-1}} &(b\neq0)\\\\ \zeta_{\ell}^{\frac{2c_N'}{\ell^{\operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')}}} &(b=0,\\ 1\leq\operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')<N)\\\\ \zeta_{\ell}^{-\frac{2c_N'}{\ell^{\operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')}}} &(b=0,\\ \operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')=N). \end{dcases} ( 1 + π f Δ , π − 1 , Δ ) ℓ N = ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ ζ ℓ 2 b ( − 1 ) N − 1 ζ ℓ ℓ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) 2 c N ′ 1 ≤ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) < N ) ζ ℓ − ℓ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) 2 c N ′ ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N ) . ( b = 0 ) ( b = 0 , ( b = 0 ,
The author reports verification for N = 2 N=2 N = 2 , ℓ ≤ 50 \ell\leq50 ℓ ≤ 50 , N = 3 N=3 N = 3 , ℓ ≤ 20 \ell\leq20 ℓ ≤ 20 , and N = 4 N=4 N = 4 , ℓ ≤ 20 \ell\leq20 ℓ ≤ 20 ; the result is proved in the case ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N \operatorname{ord}_{\ell}(c_N')=N ord ℓ ( c N ′ ) = N , but remains open in general.