Rubin's integral Stark conjecture

Let (L/K,S,T)(L/K,S,T) be a basic triple, let G=Gal(L/K)G=\operatorname{Gal}(L/K), and let r0r\geq 0 be an integer. Let US,TU_{S,T} be the group of SS-units of LL that are congruent to 11 at all places above TT, let XX be the kernel of the augmentation map on the free abelian group generated by the places of LL above SS, and let λ(r)\lambda^{(r)} be the map induced by the regulator λ\lambda on rrth exterior powers. Write ΩS,T,r\Omega_{S,T,r} for the subgroup of 0rUS,T\bigwedge_0^r U_{S,T} supported on characters χ\chi with order of vanishing r(χ)=rr(\chi)=r, and let e[r]e_[r] be the sum of the corresponding character idempotents. Assume (St1)(\mathbf{St}1)(St4)(\mathbf{St}4): SS contains the ramified places and, in characteristic zero, the infinite places; SS contains at least rr places splitting completely in L/KL/K; SS contains at least r+1r+1 places; and US,TU_{S,T} is Z\mathbb{Z}-torsion free. Rubin's conjecture. Under these hypotheses,

e[r]θL/K,S,TZ[G],tfrXλ(r)(ΩS,T,r).e_[r]\theta_{L/K,S,T}\bigwedge_{\mathbb{Z}[G],\mathrm{tf}}^r X\subseteq\lambda^{(r)}(\Omega_{S,T,r}).

This is Rubin's integral refinement of Stark's conjecture, asserting that the relevant Stickelberger element and the integral exterior power of the place module are generated by regulators of suitable SS-units. The statement is presented as a conjecture attributed to Rubin and is not resolved in the supplied text.

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Paul Buckingham, “The fractional Galois ideal for arbitrary order of vanishing”, arXiv:0810.3262 (2010).

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