Gross's refined class number formula conjecture

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Let K′K' be the relevant extension, let H′H' be its Galois group, let I(H′)I(H') be the augmentation ideal, and let rK′r_{K'} be the rank of the S(K′)S(K')-unit group. Let θH′\theta_{H'} be the Stickelberger element, let hK′,S(K′),T(K′)h_{K',S(K'),T(K')} be the modified class number, and let det⁡H′\det_{H'} be Gross's refined regulator. Gross's conjecture. One has θH′∈I(H′)rK′\theta_{H'}\in I(H')^{r_{K'}} and

θH′≡hK′,S(K′),T(K′)⋅det⁡H′(modI(H′)rK′+1).\theta_{H'}\equiv h_{K',S(K'),T(K')}\cdot \det_{H'}\pmod{I(H')^{r_{K'}+1}}.

This conjecture refines the class number formula by identifying the leading term of the Stickelberger element with Gross's refined regulator. The source discusses it as an ingredient for proving the paper's theorem but does not state its resolution.

References

Primary source

Ki-Seng Tan, “Generalized Stark formulae over function fields”, arXiv:math/0701061 (2007).

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