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Equivariant algebraic $\mathrm{K}$-theory and Artin $L$-functions

K-Theory and Homology 2024-05-07 v1 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Number Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize the Quillen-Lichtenbaum Conjecture relating special values of Dedekind zeta functions to algebraic K\mathrm{K}-groups. The former has been settled by Rost-Voevodsky up to the Iwasawa Main Conjecture. Our generalization extends the scope of this conjecture to Artin LL-functions of Galois representations of finite, function, and totally real number fields. The statement of this conjecture relates norms of the special values of these LL-functions to sizes of equivariant algebraic K\mathrm{K}-groups with coefficients in an equivariant Moore spectrum attached to a Galois representation. We prove this conjecture in many cases, integrally, except up to a possible factor of powers of 22 in the non-abelian and totally real number field case. In the finite field case, we further determine the group structures of their equivariant algebraic K\mathrm{K}-groups with coefficients in Galois representations. At heart, our method lifts the M\"obius inversion formula for factorizations of zeta functions as a product of LL-functions, to the E1E_1-page of an equivariant spectral sequence converging to equivariant algebraic K\mathrm{K}-groups. Additionally, the spectral Mackey functor structure on equivariant K\mathrm{K}-theory allows us to incorporate certain ramified extensions that appear in these LL-functions.

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@article{arxiv.2405.03578,
  title  = {Equivariant algebraic $\mathrm{K}$-theory and Artin $L$-functions},
  author = {Elden Elmanto and Ningchuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.03578},
  year   = {2024}
}

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34 pages. Comments welcome!

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