Eisenstein group cocycles for GLn and values ofL-functions
Eisenstein group cocycles for GLn and values ofL-functions
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GLn 的爱森斯坦群余循环和 L 函数的值
DOI:
10.1007/bf01244319
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
R. Sczech
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作者:
R. Sczech
1.1 Let F be a totally real number field of degree n over~ and b, f two relatively prime ideals in the ring of integers~) r-The partial zeta function associated with the ray class b mod fis defined by~(b, f; s)=~ N (a)-% Re (s)> l a=--b (f) where a runs over all integral ideals in~ 3r such that the fractional ideal ab-~ is a principal ideal generated by a totally positive number in the coset 1+ fb-t. This function has an analytic continuation to the whole complex plane except for a simple pole at s= 1. It was originally conjectured by Hecke, but first proved by Siegel and Klingen, that its special values at non-positive integral s are rational numbers: if (b, f; 1-s)~ Q, s= 1, 2, 3..... This result was supplemented by Shintani who established a finite formula for these rational numbers in terms of Bernoulli numbers, generalizing the classical formula of Euler:~(1-s)=-BJs, s= 2, 3, 4.... In this paper, we show that the special values~(b, f; 1-s) admit a cohomological interpretation in terms of the Eilenberg-MacLane group cohomology of the unimodular group F= GL, 7/. We construct a group cocycle 7~ on F (called the Eisenstein cocycle) which represents a nontrivial cohomology class in H"-~(F, M) with values in a function space M. Restricting ku to U, the group of totally positive units in 1+ f (embedded in F via a regular representation), and evaluating the elements of M on U-invariant points, gives rise to cohomology classes in H"-I (U, C) with trivial coefficients. Among these classes, there is a sequence of rational cohomology classes q (b, f; s) e H"-1 (U,~), s= 1, 2..... which give the numbers ((b, f; 1-s) by evaluation on a fundamental cycle in H, _I (U, Z). The Eisenstein cocycle 7'is universal in the sense that it parameterizes all those special values of Hecke L-functions in every totally real number field of degree n which are known to be either an algebraic number or an algebraic number times a power of n (cf. Theorem 5).