Algebraic -theory and sums-of-squares formulas.
Let be a prime number and be a number field. Since Iwasawa’s works, the behaviour of the -part of the ideal class group in the -extensions of has been well understood. Moreover, M. Grandet and J.-F. Jaulent gave a precise result about its abelian -group structure.On the other hand, the ideal class group of a number field may be identified with the torsion part of the of its ring of integers. The even -groups of rings of integers appear as higher versions of the class group. Many authors...
We study some functional equations between Mahler measures of genus-one curves in terms of isogenies between the curves. These equations have the potential to establish relationships between Mahler measure and especial values of -functions. These notes are based on a talk that the author gave at the “Cuartas Jornadas de Teoría de Números”, Bilbao, 2011.
1. Introduction. For quadratic fields whose discriminant has few prime divisors, there are explicit formulas for the 4-rank of . For quadratic fields whose discriminant has arbitrarily many prime divisors, the formulas are less explicit. In this paper we will study fields of the form , where the primes are all congruent to 1 mod 8. We will prove a theorem conjectured by Conner and Hurrelbrink which examines under what conditions the 4-rank of is zero for such fields. In the course of proving...