Rubin–Stark conjecture on the integrality of Rubin–Stark elements

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Let K/kK/k be the abelian extension of global fields with Galois group GG, and let SS, TT, and VV be the auxiliary sets of places used to define the Rubin–Stark element ηK/k,S,Tr\eta_{K/k,S,T}^r. Let OK,S,T×O_{K,S,T}^{\times} be the corresponding group of (S,T)(S,T)-units, and define Rubin's lattice by

Z[G]rOK,S,T×:=(Z[G]r(OK,S,T×)),\bigcap_{\mathbb{Z}[G]}^r O_{K,S,T}^{\times}:=\left(\bigwedge_{\mathbb{Z}[G]}^r (O_{K,S,T}^{\times})^*\right)^*,

where (OK,S,T×)=HomZ[G](OK,S,T×,Z[G])(O_{K,S,T}^{\times})^*=\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathbb{Z}[G]}(O_{K,S,T}^{\times},\mathbb{Z}[G]).

Rubin–Stark conjecture. The Rubin–Stark element satisfies

ηK/k,S,TrZ[G]rOK,S,T×.\eta_{K/k,S,T}^r\in\bigcap_{\mathbb{Z}[G]}^r O_{K,S,T}^{\times}.

This is the integrality assertion that the analytically defined Rubin–Stark element lies in the associated exterior power bidual, or Rubin's lattice, rather than only in its rational extension. The supplied context does not indicate whether this assertion is known in the stated generality.

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Primary source

Saad El Boukhari and Ben Forrás, “Class Number Relations in Abelian Extensions of Global Fields”, arXiv:2607.10326 (2026).

Additional references

7 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2103.06864, arXiv:2102.01545, arXiv:1904.01644, arXiv:1602.00666, arXiv:1406.4940, arXiv:1406.4623.

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