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Effective equidistribution of norm one elements in CM-fields

Number Theory 2025-07-15 v1

Abstract

For a number field KK let SK\mathcal{S}_K be the maximal subgroup of the multiplicative group K×K^\times that embeds into the unit circle under each embedding of KK into the complex numbers. The group SK\mathcal{S}_K can be seen as an archimedean counterpart to the group of units OK×\mathcal{O}_K^\times of the ring of integers OK\mathcal{O}_K. If K=Q(SK)K=\mathbb{Q}(\mathcal{S}_K) is a CM-field then SK/Tor(K×)\mathcal{S}_K/{\mathop{\rm Tor}\nolimits}(K^\times) is a free abelian group of infinite rank. If K=Q(SK)K=\mathbb{Q}(\mathcal{S}_K) is not a CM-field then SK={±1}\mathcal{S}_K=\{\pm 1\}. In the former case SK\mathcal{S}_K is the kernel of the relative norm map from K×K^\times to the multiplicative subgroup k×k^\times of the maximal totally real subfield kk of KK.

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@article{arxiv.2507.10387,
  title  = {Effective equidistribution of norm one elements in CM-fields},
  author = {Shabnam Akhtari and Jeffrey D. Vaaler and Martin Widmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10387},
  year   = {2025}
}
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