Algebra & Number Theory
Volume 10 2016 No. 6
On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives over tamely ramified fields Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
msp ALGEBRA AND NUMBER THEORY 10:6 (2016) msp dx.doi.org/10.2140/ant.2016.10.1221
On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives over tamely ramified fields Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
The local Tamagawa number conjecture, which was first formulated by Fontaine and Perrin-Riou, expresses the compatibility of the (global) Tamagawa number conjecture on motivic L-functions with the functional equation. The local con- jecture was proven for Tate motives over finite unramified extensions K/ޑp by Bloch and Kato. We use the theory of (ϕ,0)-modules and a reciprocity law due to Cherbonnier and Colmez to provide a new proof in the case of unramified extensions, and to prove the conjecture for ޑp(2) over certain tamely ramified extensions.
1. Introduction
Let K/ޑp be a finite extension and V a de Rham representation of GK :=Gal(K /K ). The local Tamagawa number conjecture is a statement describing a certain ޑp-basis of the determinant line detޑp R0(K, V ) of (continuous) local Galois cohomology × up to units in ޚp . It was first formulated by Fontaine and Perrin-Riou[1994, 4.5.4] as conjecture CEP and independently by Kato[1993, Conjecture 1.8] as the “local -conjecture”. Both conjectures express compatibility of the (global) Tamagawa number conjecture on motivic L-functions with the functional equation. The fact that the local Tamagawa number conjecture is equivalent to this compatibility still constitutes its main interest. For example, the proof of the Tamagawa number conjecture for Dirichlet L-functions at integers r ≥ 2 [Burns and Flach 2006] uses the conjecture at 1 − r and compatibility with the functional equation (no other more direct proof is known). Fukaya and Kato[2006] generalized[Kato 1993, Conjecture 1.8] to de Rham representations with coefficients in a possibly noncommutative ޑp-algebra, and in fact to arbitrary p-adic families of local Galois representations. In this paper we shall only consider Tate motives V = ޑp(r) with r ≥ 2 (for the case r = 1 see [Bley and Cobbe 2016; Breuning 2004]). If K/ޑp is unramified the local Tamagawa number conjecture for ޑp(r) was first proven by Bloch and
MSC2010: primary 14F20; secondary 11G40, 18F10, 22A99. Keywords: Tamagawa number conjecture.
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Kato[1990] in their seminal paper on the global Tamagawa number conjecture, and has since been reproven by a number of authors (e.g.,[Perrin-Riou 1994; Benois and Berger 2008]). These later proofs also cover the case where K/ޑp is a cyclotomic extension, or more generally where V is an abelian de Rham representations of Gal(ޑp/ޑp) [Kato 1993, Theorem 4.1; Venjakob 2013]. All proofs have two main ingredients: Iwasawa theory and a “reciprocity law”. The latter is an explicit description of the exponential or dual exponential map for the de Rham representation V , which however very often only holds in restricted situations (e.g., V ordinary or absolutely crystalline). The aim of this paper is to explore the application of the very general reciprocity law of Cherbonnier and Colmez[1999], which holds for arbitrary de Rham representations, to the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives. In Section 2 we give a first somewhat explicit statement (Proposition 2) which is equivalent to the local Tamagawa conjecture for ޑp(r) over an arbitrary Galois extension K/ޑp. We in fact work with the refined equivariant conjecture over the group ring ޚp[Gal(K/ޑp)], following Fukaya and Kato[2006]. In Section 3 we focus on the case where p - [K : ޑp]. In Section 4 we state the reciprocity law of Cherbonnier and Colmez in the case of Tate motives. In Section 5 we show that it also can be used to give a proof of the unramified case (which however has many common ingredients with the existing proofs). Finally, in Section 6 we formulate our main result, Proposition 44, which is a fairly explicit statement equivalent to the equivariant local Tamagawa number conjecture for ޑp(r) over K/ޑp with p - [K : ޑp]. We show that it can be used to prove some new cases; more specifically we have:
Proposition 1. Assume K/ޑp is Galois of degree prime to p and with ramification degree e < p/4. Then the equivariant local Tamagawa number conjecture holds for V = ޑp(2). The only cases where the conjecture for tamely ramified fields was known previously are cyclotomic fields, i.e., where e | p−1, and in this case one can allow ar- bitrary r [Perrin-Riou 1994; Benois and Berger 2008]. We believe many more cases can be proven with Proposition 44 and hope to return to this in a subsequent article.
2. The conjecture
Throughout this paper p denotes an odd prime. Let K/ޑp be an arbitrary finite Galois extension with group G and r ≥ 2. In this section we shall explicate the consequences of the local Tamagawa number conjecture of Fukaya and Kato[2006, Conjecture 3.4.3] for the triple
(3, T, ζ ) = (ޚ [G], IndGޑp ޚ (1 − r), ζ ). p GK p On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1223
n Here ζ = (ζpn )n ∈ 0(ޑp, ޚp(1)) is a compatible system of p -th roots of unity which we fix throughout this paper. The conjectures for a triple (3, T, ζ ) and its dual (3op, T ∗(1), ζ ) are equivalent. We find it advantageous to work with ޑp(1 − r) rather than ޑp(r) as in[Bloch and Kato 1990] since we are employing the Cherbonnier–Colmez reciprocity law[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999] which describes the dual exponential map. In order to give an idea what the conjecture is about, consider the Bloch–Kato exponential map[Bloch and Kato 1990]
∼ 1 exp : K −→ H (K, ޑp(r)). In a first approximation one may say that the local Tamagawa number conjecture 1 describes the relation between the two ޚp-lattices exp(OK ) and im(H (K, ޚp(r))) 1 inside H (K, ޑp(r)). Rather than giving a complete description of the relative po- sition of these two lattices, the conjecture only specifies their relative volume, that is × × 1 the class in ޑp /ޚp which multiplies Detޚp exp(OK ) to Detޚp (im(H (K, ޚp(r)))) 1 inside the ޑp-line Detޑp H (K, ޑp(r)). The equivariant form of the conjecture is a finer statement which arises by replacing determinants over ޚp by determinants 1 over ޚp[G]. If G is abelian and im(H (K, ޚp(r))) is projective over ޚp[G], the conjecture thereby does specify the relative position of the two lattices in view 1 of the fact that H (K, ޑp(r)) is free of rank one over ޑp[G] and so coincides 1 with its determinant. If G is nonabelian, even though H (K, ޑp(r)) remains free of rank one over ޑp[G], the conjecture is an identity in the algebraic K-group ur ur K1(ޑp [G]))/K1(ޚp [G])) and is again quite a bit weaker than a full determination of the relative position of the two lattices. Determinants in the sense of[Deligne 1987] (see also[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 1.2]) are only defined for modules of finite projective dimension, or more generally 1 perfect complexes, and so the first step is to replace the ޚp-lattice im(H (K, ޚp(r))) by the entire perfect complex R0(K, ޚp(r)). There still is an isomorphism ⊗ ∼ ∼ 1 [− ] R0(K, ޚp(r)) ޚp ޑp = R0(K, ޑp(r)) = H (K, ޑp(r)) 1 (1) 1 2 since the groups H (K, ޚp(r))tor and H (K, ޚp(r)) are finite. If K/ޑp is Galois with group G then R0(K, ޚp(r)) is always a perfect complex of ޚp[G]-modules 1 whereas im(H (K, ޚp(r))) or OK need no longer have finite projective dimen- sion over ޚp[G]. A further simplification occurs if one does not try to compare R0(K, ޚp(r)) to exp(OK ) directly. Instead one uses the “period isomorphism”
per : ޑ ⊗ K =∼ ޑ ⊗ IndGޑp ޑ =∼ ޑ [G] p ޑp p ޑp GK p p and tries to compare Detޚp R0(K, ޚp(r)) to a suitable lattice in this last space. The left-ޚ [G]-module IndGޑp ޚ is always free of rank one whereas O need not be. p GK p K → : ∼ After choosing an embedding K ޑp one gets an isomorphism ψ Gޑp /GK = G 1224 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach and an isomorphism IndGޑp ޚ =∼ ޚ [G] (2) GK p p [ ] ∈ so that the ޚp G -linear left action of γ Gޑp is given by −1 ޚp[G] 3 x 7→ xψ(γ ). (3) The period isomorphism is then given for x ∈ K by
X −1 per(x) := per(1 ⊗ x) = g(x) · g ∈ ޑp[G]. g∈G The dual of exp identifies with the dual exponential map exp∗ : H 1(K, ޑ (1 − r)) → K ޑp(r) p 1 by local Tate duality and the trace pairing on K . Let β ∈ H (K, ޚp(1 − r)) be an element spanning a free ޚp[G]-submodule and let Cβ be the mapping cone of the ensuing map of perfect complexes of ޚp[G]-modules 1 (ޚp[G]· β)[−1] → H (K, ޚp(1 − r))[−1] → R0(K, ޚp(1 − r)).
Then Cβ is a perfect complex of ޚp[G]-modules with finite cohomology groups, ⊗ [ ] i.e., such that Cβ ޚp ޑp is acyclic. It therefore represents a class Cβ in the relative K -group K0(ޚp[G], ޑp) for which one has an exact sequence
K1(ޚp[G]) → K1(ޑp[G]) → K0(ޚp[G], ޑp) → 0.
Hence we may also view [Cβ ] as an element in K1(ޑp[G])/ im(K1(ޚp[G])). Ex- tending scalars to ޑp we get an isomorphism of free rank-one ޑp[G]-modules
exp∗ ⊗ޑ 1 − ⊗ −−−−−→p ⊗ −→per [ ] H (K, ޑp(1 r)) ޑp ޑp K ޑp ޑp ޑp G ∗ × sending the ޑp[G]-basis β to a unit per(exp (β)) ∈ ޑp[G] . As such it has a class ∗ [per(exp (β))] ∈ K1(ޑp[G]) × via the natural projection map ޑp[G] → K1(ޑp[G]) (recall that for any ring R × ab we have maps R → GL(R) → GL(R) =: K1(R)). In Section 2.2 below we shall define an -factor (K/ޑp, 1 − r) ∈ K1(ޑp[G]) such that ∗ ur (K/ޑp, 1 − r) ·[per(exp (β))] ∈ K1(ޑp [G]).
Let F ⊆ K denote the maximal unramified subfield, 6 = Gal(F/ޑp) and σ ∈ 6 the (arithmetic) Frobenius automorphism. Then ޑp[6] is canonically a direct factor of × ∼ × ޑp[G] and ޑp[6] = K1(ޑp[6]) a direct factor of K1(ޑp[G]). For α ∈ ޑp[6] we denote by [α]F its class in K1(ޑp[G]). Finally, note that if R is a ޑ-algebra then × × any nonzero rational number n has a class [n] ∈ K1(R) via ޑ → R → K1(R). On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1225
Proposition 2. Let K/ޑp be Galois with group G and r ≥ 2. The local Tamagawa number conjecture for the triple
(3, T, ζ ) = (ޚ [G], IndGޑp ޚ (1 − r), ζ ). p GK p is equivalent to the identity
1 − pr−1σ [(r − )!] · (K/ޑ , − r) ·[ ( ∗(β))]·[C ]−1 · = 1 p 1 per exp β −r −1 1 (4) 1 − p σ F ur ur in the group K1(ޑp [G])/ im(K1(ޚp [G])). Before we begin the proof of the proposition we explain what we mean by the local Tamagawa number conjecture for (ޚ [G], IndGޑp ޚ (1 − r), ζ ). The local p GK p Tamagawa number conjecture[Fukaya and Kato 2006, Conjecture 3.4.3] claims the existence of -isomorphisms 3,ζ (T ) for all triples (3, T, ζ ), where 3 is a semilocal pro-p ring satisfying a certain finiteness condition[Fukaya and Kato 2006,
1.4.1], T a finitely generated projective 3-module with continuous Gޑp -action and ζ a basis of 0(ޑp, ޚp(1)), such that certain functorial properties hold. One of these := ⊗ properties[Fukaya and Kato 2006, Conjecture 3.4.3(v)] says that if L 3 ޚp ޑp := ⊗ is a finite extension of ޑp and V T ޚp ޑp is a de Rham representation, then
˜ ⊗ = L 3˜ 3,ζ (T ) L,ζ (V ), where L,ζ (V ) is the isomorphism in CL˜ defined in[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 3.3]. Here, for any ring R, CR is the Picard category constructed in[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 1.2], equivalent to the category of virtual objects of[Deligne 1987], S ⊗R − : CR → CS is the Picard functor induced by a ring homomorphism R → S and = ⊗ Re W(ކp) ޚp R for any ޚp-algebra R. The construction of L,ζ (V ) involves certain isomorphisms and exact sequences which we recall in the proof below. If A is a finite dimensional semisimple ޑp-algebra and V an A-linear de Rham representation, those isomorphisms and exact sequences are in fact A-linear and := ⊗ therefore lead to an isomorphism A,ζ (V ) in the category C A˜ . If A 3 ޚp ޑp is := ⊗ a semisimple ޑp-algebra and V T ޚp ޑp is a de Rham representation, we say that the local Tamagawa number conjecture holds for the particular triple (3, T, ζ ) if ˜ ⊗ = A 3˜ 3,ζ (T ) A,ζ (V ) for some isomorphism 3,ζ (T ) in C3˜ .
Proof of Proposition 2. For a perfect complex of ޑp[G]-modules P, we set
∗ = [ ] P Homޑp[G](P, ޑp G ), 1226 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
op which is a perfect complex of ޑp[G] -modules. Fix r ≥ 2 and set ∗ V = IndGޑp ޑ (1 − r) and V (1) = IndGޑp ޑ (r), GK p GK p op which are free of rank one over ޑp[G] and ޑp[G] , respectively. We recall the ingredients of the isomorphism θޑp[G](V ) of[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 3.3.2] (or rather of its generalization from field coefficients to semisimple coefficients). The element ζ determines an element t = log(ζ ) of BdR. We have r−1 0 Dcris(V ) = F · t , DdR(V )/DdR(V ) = 0, ∗ −r ∗ 0 ∗ Dcris(V (1)) = F · t , DdR(V (1))/DdR(V (1)) = K, 1−pr−1σ C f (ޑp,V ) : F −−−−−→ F, −r ∗ (1−p σ,⊆) C f (ޑp,V (1)) : F −−−−−−−→ F ⊕ K, and commutative diagrams
η(ޑp,V ) / · 0 Detޑp[G](0) Detޑp[G] C f (ޑp,V ) Detޑp[G] DdR(V )/DdR(V ) O O
[ − r−1 ]−1 c 1 p σ F 0 η (ޑp,V ) −1 Detޑp[G](0) / Detޑp[G](0)·Detޑp[G](0) ·Detޑp[G](0)
∗ ∗,−1 ∗ ∗ η(ޑp,V (1)) Detޑp[G] C f (ޑp,V (1)) Det [ ](0) / ޑp G × ∗ 0 ∗ ∗ O (Detޑp[G] DdR(V (1))/DdR(V (1))) O [ −p−r −1] 1 σ F c
0 ∗ ∗,−1 η (ޑp,V (1)) ∗ −1 ∗ Detޑp[G](0) / Detޑp[G](0)·Detޑp[G](K ) ·Detޑp[G](K )
∗ ∗,−1 Detޑ [G] 9 f (ޑp,V (1)) ∗ ∗ p Detޑp[G] C f (ޑp,V (1)) / Detޑp[G] C(ޑp,V )/C f (ޑp,V ) O O
c c
0 ∗ −1 9 • Detޑp[G](K ) / Detޑp[G] H (ޑp,V ) where the vertical maps c are induced by passage to cohomology. The morphism 90 is (Det−1 of) the inverse of the isomorphism ޑp[G]
∗ exp ∗ 1 T 1 ∗ ∗ V (1) ∗ H (ޑp,V ) −→ H (ޑp,V (1)) −−−−→ K , where T is the local Tate duality isomorphism. For the isomorphism = · ∗ ∗,−1 ◦ ∗ ∗,−1 θޑp[G](V ) η(ޑp,V ) Detޑp[G] 9 f (ޑp,V (1)) η(ޑp,V (1)) On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1227 we obtain a commutative diagram
θޑp[G](V ) Detޑ [G](0) / Detޑ [G] C(ޑp,V ) · Detޑ [G] DdR(V ) pO p O p h −r −1i 1−p σ c −pr−1 1 σ F 0 θ / • · Detޑp[G](0) Detޑp[G] H (ޑp,V ) Detޑp[G](K ) where θ 0 is induced by the dual exponential map
∗ exp ∗ 1 V (1) H (ޑp,V ) −−−−→ K. · The isomorphism 0ޑp[G](V ) ޑp[G],ζ,d R(V ) of[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 3.3.3] is the isomorphism
[(−1)r−1(r − 1)!] · (K/ޑ , 1 − r) · Det (per) p ޑp[G] and the isomorphism = · · ޑp[G],ζ (V ) 0ޑp[G](V ) ޑp[G],ζ,d R(V ) θޑp[G](V ) fits into a commutative diagram
ޑp[G],ζ (V ) ur / ur[ ] ⊗ − · Detޑp [G](0) ޑp G Detޑp[G] R0(K, ޑp(1 r)) Detޑp[G](V ) O ޑp[G] O h 1−p−r σ−1 i r−1 c 1−p σ F 00 θ ur −1 1 Det ur (0) / ޑ [G] ⊗ Det H (K, ޑ (1 − r)) · Det [ ](ޑ [G]) ޑp [G] p ޑp[G] p ޑp G p ޑp[G] where θ 00 = [(−1)r−1(r − 1)!] · (K/ޑ , 1 − r) · Det (per) · θ 0 p ޑp[G] ∼ and c involves passage to cohomology as well as our identification V = ޑp[G] chosen above. Now passage to cohomology is also the scalar extension of the isomorphism
−1 ∼ Det (ޚ [G]· β) · Det [ ](C ) = Det [ ] R0(K, ޚ (1 − r)) ޚp[G] p ޚp G β ޚp G p induced by the short exact sequence of perfect complexes of ޚp[G]-modules
0 → R0(K, ޚp(1 − r)) → Cβ → ޚp[G]· β → 0 combined with the acyclicity isomorphism : ∼ can Detޑp[G](0) = Detޑp[G](Cβ,ޑp ). 1228 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
Since the class of Cβ in K0(ޚp[G]) vanishes, we can choose an isomorphism : ∼ a Detޚp[G](0) = Detޚp[G](Cβ ), which leads to another isomorphism 0 −1 ∼ c : Det (ޚ [G]· β) = Det [ ] R0(K, ޚ (1 − r)) ޚp[G] p ޚp G p defined over ޚp[G]. Setting λ := (c0 )−1c ∈ Aut Det−1 H 1(K, ޑ (1 − r)) = K (ޑ [G]), ޑp ޑp[G] p 1 p we obtain a commutative diagram
ޑp[G],ζ (V ) ur / ur[ ] ⊗ − · Detޑp [G](0) ޑp G Detޑp[G] R0(K, ޑp(1 r)) Detޑp[G](V ) O ޑp[G] O h − − i 1−p r σ 1 0 r−1 cޑ 1−p σ F p 000 θ ur −1 1 Det ur (0) / ޑ [G] ⊗ Det H (K, ޑ (1 − r)) · Det [ ](ޑ [G]) ޑp [G] p ޑp[G] p ޑp G p ޑp[G] where
θ 000 = λ ◦ θ 00 = λ ·[(−1)r−1(r − 1)!] · (K/ޑ , 1 − r) · Det (per) · θ 0. p ޑp[G]
The local Tamagawa number conjecture claims that ޑp[G],ζ (V ) is induced by an isomorphism
(T ) ޚp[G],ζ ur ur −−−−−−→ [ ] ⊗ − · Detޚp [G](0) ޚp G Detޚp[G] R0(K, ޚp(1 r)) Detޚp[G](T ) ޚp[G] and this will be the case if and only if 1 − pr−1σ θ iv := θ 000 · −r −1 1 − p σ F is induced by an isomorphism
θ iv ޚp[G] ur −1 Det ur[ ](0) −−−→ ޚ [G] ⊗ Det (ޚ [G]· β) · Det [ ](ޚ [G]) . ޚp G p ޚp[G] p ޚp G p ޚp[G]
The isomorphism of ޑp[G]-modules
exp∗ ⊗ޑ · ∗ −1 : 1 − ⊗ −−−−−→p ⊗ −→per [ ] −−−−−−−−→per(exp (β)) [ ] τ H (K, ޑp(1 r)) ޑp ޑp K ޑp ޑp ޑp G ޑp G is clearly induced by an isomorphism of ޚp[G]-modules ∼ : [ ]· −→ [ ] τޚp[G] ޚp G β ޚp G On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1229 and we have 1 − pr−1σ θ iv = · λ ·[(− )r−1(r − )!] −r −1 1 1 1 − p σ F · (K/ޑ , 1 − r) ·[per(exp∗(β))]· Det (τ). p ޑp[G] Hence θ iv is induced by an isomorphism θ iv if and only if the class in K (ޑur[G]) ޚp[G] 1 p of 1 − pr−1σ · λ ◦ [(− )r−1(r − )!] · (K/ޑ , − r) ·[ ( ∗(β))] −r −1 1 1 p 1 per exp 1 − p σ F ur ur lies in K1(ޚp [G]). Now note that [(−1)] ∈ K1(ޚ) ⊂ K1(ޚp [G]) and that λ = −1 [Cβ ] , so we do indeed obtain identity (4). In order to see this last identity, note that we have λ−1 = a−1 · can
−1 ur ur and that a · can ∈ K1(ޑp [G]) is a lift of [Cβ ] ∈ K0(ޚp [G], ޑp) according to the conventions of[Fukaya and Kato 2006, 1.3.8, Theorem 1.3.15(ii)].
2.1. Description of K1. For any finite group G we have the Wedderburn decom- position [ ] ∼ Y ޑp G = Mdχ (ޑp), χ∈Gb where Gb is the set of irreducible ޑp-valued characters of G and dχ = χ(1) is the degree of χ. Hence there is a corresponding decomposition [ ] ∼ Y ∼ Y × K1(ޑp G ) = K1(Mdχ (ޑp)) = ޑp , (5) χ∈Gb χ∈Gb which allows one to think of K1(ޑp[G]) as a collection of nonzero p-adic numbers indexed by Gb. Note here that for any ring R one has K1(Md (R)) = K1(R) and for × a commutative semilocal ring R one has K1(R) = R . ur If p - |G| then all characters χ ∈ Gb take values in ޚp , the Wedderburn de- ur composition is already defined over ޚp and so is the decomposition of K1. One has ur[ ] ∼ Y ur ∼ Y ur,× K1(ޚp G ) = K1(Mdχ (ޚp )) = ޚp χ∈Gb χ∈Gb and ur ur ∼ Y ur,× ur,× ∼ Y ޚ K1(ޑp [G])/ im(K1(ޚp [G])) = ޑp /ޚp = p , (6) χ∈Gb χ∈Gb ur ur which allows one to think of elements in K1(ޑp [G])/ im(K1(ޚp [G])) as a collec- tion of integers (p-adic valuations) indexed by Gb. 1230 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
2.2. Definition of the -factor. If L is a local field, E an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 with the discrete topology, µL a Haar measure on the additive × group of L with values in E, ψL : L → E a continuous character, the theory of Langlands–Deligne[Deligne 1973] associates to each continuous representation r × of the Weil group WL over E an -factor (r, ψL , µL ) ∈ E . We shall take E = ޑp and always fix µL and ψL so that µL (OL ) = 1 and −n = ◦ = n = n ∈ ψL ψޑp TrL/ޑp where ψޑp (p ) ζp for our fixed ζ (ζp )n 0(ޑp, ޚp(1)). Setting × (r) := (r, ψL , µL ) ∈ E and leaving the dependence on ζ implicit, we have the following properties (see also[Benois and Berger 2008] for a review,[Fukaya and Kato 2006] only reviews the case L = ޑp). Let π be a uniformizer of OL , δL the exponent of the different of L/ޑp and q = |OL /π|. × (a) If r : WL → E is a homomorphism, set
× rec ab r × r] : L −→ WL −→ E where rec is normalized as in[Deligne 1973, (2.3)] and sends a uniformizer to a ab geometric Frobenius automorphism in WL . Then we have qδL if c = 0, = (r) δ c+δ q L r](π L )τ(r], ψπ ) if c > 0, where c ∈ ޚ is the conductor of r and X −1 τ(r], ψπ ) = r] (u)ψπ (u) (7) c × u∈(OL /π ) c × is the Gauss sum associated to the restriction of r] to (OL /(π )) and the additive character −δL −c u 7→ ψπ (u) := ψK (π u) c of OL /(π ). (b) If L/K is unramified then (r) = (IndWK r) for any representation r of W . WL L (c) If r(α) is the twist of r with the unramified character with FrobL -eigenvalue α ∈ E×, and c(r) ∈ ޚ is the conductor of r, then
(r(α)) = α−c(r)−dimE (r)δL (r).
Here FrobL denotes the usual (arithmetic) Frobenius automorphism.
For a potentially semistable representation V of Gޑp one first forms Dpst(V ), a ur finite dimensional ޑb p -vector space of dimension dimޑp V with an action of Gޑp , ur semilinear with respect to the natural action of Gޑp on ޑb p and discrete on the inertia subgroup. Moreover, Dpst(V ) has a Frob-semilinear automorphism ϕ. The On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1231
= ur associated linear representation rV of Wޑp over E ޑb p is the space Dpst(V ) with action −ν(w) rV (w)(d) = ι(w)ϕ (d), : → ∈ ν(w) where ι Wޑp Gޑp is the inclusion and ν(w) ޚ is such that Frob is the image of w in Gކp . From now on we are interested in V = (IndGޑp ޑ )(1 − r). Here one has GK p − − D (V ) = (IndGޑp ޑur) · tr 1, r = (IndWޑp ޑur)(p1 r ), pst GK b p V WK b p ur ur and we notice that rV is the scalar extension from ޑp to ޑb p of the representation (IndWޑp ޑur)(p1−r ). So completion of ޑur is not needed in this example. Associated WK p p × ⊗ ur ∈ = to rV ޑp ޑp is an -factor in (rV ) ޑp K1(ޑp). However, as explained above ur[ ] before (3), rV carries a left action of ޑp G commuting with the left Wޑp-action, ⊗ ur so we will actually be able to associate to rV ޑp ޑp a refined -factor
(K/ޑp, 1 − r) ∈ K1(ޑp[G]). ∈ = For each χ Gb define a representation rχ of Wޑp over E ޑp by ρ −→ι −→ψ −→χ Wޑp Gޑp G GLdχ(E), (8)
: → dχ where ρχ G GLdχ(E) is a homomorphism realizing χ. Let E be the space of row vectors on which G acts on the right via ρχ and define another representation = of Wޑp over E ޑp
dχ dχ Wޑ ur 1−r ∼ dχ r = E ⊗ ur[ ] r = E ⊗ ur[ ] (Ind p ޑ )(p ) = E . V,χ ޑp G V ޑp G WK p
By (3), the left Wޑp-action on this last space is given by the contragredient t −1 1−r ρχ (ψ(g)) of rχ , twisted by the unramified character with eigenvalue p . So we have ∼ 1−r rV,χ = rχ¯ (p ), where χ¯ is the contragredient character of χ. We view the collection
ޑ − := = (r−1)c(rχ¯ ) (K/ , 1 r) ((rV,χ ))χ∈Gb ((rχ¯ )p )χ∈Gb (9) as an element of K1(ޑp[G]) in the description (5).
3. The conjecture in the case p - |G| In this section and for most of the rest of the paper we assume that p does not divide |G| = [K : ޑp]. In particular K/ޑp is tamely ramified with maximal unramified subfield F. Although our methods probably extend to an arbitrary tamely ramified extension K/ޑp (i.e., where p is allowed to divide [F : ޑp]) this would add an 1232 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach extra layer of notational complexity which we have preferred to avoid. The group G = Gal(K/ޑp) is an extension of two cyclic groups ∼ 6 := Gal(F/ޑp) = ޚ/f ޚ, 1 := Gal(K/F) =∼ ޚ/eޚ, where the action of σ ∈ 6 on 1 is given by δ 7→ δ p and we have e | p f − 1. By √ = e ∈ × × e 6 Kummer theory K F( p0), where p0 (F /(F ) ) has order e. We can and will assume that p0 has p-adic valuation one, and in fact that p0 = λ · p with ∈ = 0 · 0 0 ∈ 0 pe 0 λ µF . Writing√p0 λ p0 with p0 ޑp we see that K is contained in F ( p0), 0 := e 0 0 where F F( λ ) is unramified over ޑp and p0 is any choice of element in · = · µޑp p µp−1 p. Since for the purpose of proving the local Tamagawa number conjecture we can always enlarge K , we may and will assume that √ e K = F( p0), p0 ∈ µp−1 · p ⊆ ޑp. We then have ∼ G = Gal(K/ޑp) = 6 n 1 √ since Gal(K/ޑ ( e p )) is a complement of 1. If (e, p − 1) = 1, then the fields √ p 0 K = F( e p ) for p ∈ µ − · p are all isomorphic; in fact any Galois extension 0 0 p 1 √ K/ޑp with invariants e and f is then isomorphic to the field F( e p). The choice of p0 (in fact just the valuation of p0) determines a character ∼ × ur,× × η0 : 1 −→ µe ⊂ F ⊂ ޑp ⊂ ޑp (10) √ √ e = · e by the usual formula δ( p0) η0(δ) p0. Let η : 1 → F× be any character of 1 and
−1 6η := {g ∈ 6 | η(gδg ) = η(δ) for all δ ∈ 1} 0 ur,× the stabilizer of η. Then for any character η : 6η → ޑp we obtain a character 0 ur,× η η : Gη := 6η n 1 → ޑp and an induced character χ := IndG (η0η) Gη of G. By[Lang 2002, Exercise XVIII.7], all irreducible characters of G are obtained 0 by this construction, and in fact each χ ∈ Gb is parametrized by a unique pair ([η], η ) where [η] denotes the 6-orbit of η. The degree of χ is given by
dχ = χ(1) = fη := [6 : 6η] = [Fη : ޑp], (11) where Fη ⊆ F is the fixed field of 6η. On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1233
We have Wޑp rχ = Ind (rη0η), WFη
0 where rχ and rη η are the representations of Wޑp and WFη , respectively, defined as in (8). By[Serre 1979, Chapter VI, Corollary to Propoposition 4] we have 0, η = 1, c(rχ ) = fηc(rη) = fη, η 6= 1. Using (b), (c) and (a) of Section 2.2 we have
(rχ ) = (rη0η) 1, η = 1, = − 0 − (12) 0 c(rη) = fη 1 6= (rη)rη (FrobFη ) η(rec(p))τ(rη,], ψp)η (σ ) , η 1.
3.1. Gauss sums. If kη denotes the residue field of Fη, we have a canonical char- acter × ∼ × × × ω : kη ←− µp fη −1 ⊆ Fη ⊆ K ⊆ ޑp , where the first arrow is reduction mod p. On the other hand we have our character
rec ι ψ η r : F× −→ W ab −→ Gab −→ Gab −→ ޑ× η,] η Fη Fη η p of order dividing e. So there exists a unique mη ∈ ޚ/eޚ such that
m (p fη −1)/e rη,]|µ = ω η (13) p fη −1 and formula (7) gives
−m (p fη −1)/e τ(rη,], ψp) = τ(ω η ), where −i X −i Trkη/ކp (a) τ(ω ) := ω(a) ζp × a∈kη is a Gauss sum associated to the finite field kη. The p-adic valuation of these sums is known: Lemma 3 [Washington 1997, Proposition 6.13 and Lemma 6.14]. For 0≤i≤ p fη −1, = + + 2 + · · · + fη−1 let i i0 pi1 p i2 i fη−1 p be the p-adic expansion with digits 0 ≤ i j ≤ p − 1. Then − + + · · · + fη 1 j −i i0 i1 i fη−1 X ip vp(τ(ω )) = = , p − 1 p fη − 1 j=0
× where vp : ޑp → ޑ is the p-adic valuation on ޑp normalized by vp(p) = 1 and 0 ≤ hxi < 1 is the fractional part of the real number x. 1234 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
Corollary 4. For all η ∈ 1ˆ we have fη−1 j X mη p v (τ(r , ψ )) = . p η,] p e j=0
After this interlude on Gauss sums we now prove a statement about periods of certain specific elements in K which will eliminate any further reference to -factors in the proof of Equation (4).
Proposition 5. Let K/ޑp be Galois with group G of order prime to p. Then any fractional OK -ideal is a free ޚp[G]-module of rank one and
·[ ] ∈ ޚur[ ] ((rχ¯ ))χ∈Gb per(b) im(K1( p G )) √ √ [ ] e −δK = e −(e−1) for any ޚp G -basis b of the inverse different ( p0) OK ( p0) OK . Proof. This is a classical result in Galois module theory which can be found in [Fröhlich 1976] but rather than trying to match our notation to that paper we go through the main computations again. In this proof σ will temporarily denote a generic element of 6 rather than the Frobenius. The image of [per(b)] in the χ-component of the decomposition (5) is the (dχ × dχ )-determinant X −1 X −1 × [per(b)]χ := det ρχ g(b) · g = det g(b)ρχ (g) ∈ ޑp . g∈G g∈G This character function is traditionally called a resolvent. With notation as above, √ e −(e−1) [ ] ∈ \ =∼ \ ( p0) OK is a free ޚp Gη -module with basis σ (b), where σ Gη G 6η 6 runs through a set of right coset representatives. The image of this basis under the period map is
X X X per(σ (b)) = gσ (b) · g−1 = τ −1gσ (b) · g−1 τ
g∈G τ∈6η\6 g∈Gη and if χ = IndG (χ 0) is an induced character we have by[Fröhlich 1976, (5.15)] Gη X −1 X −1 −1 ρχ g(b) · g = τ gσ (b) · ρχ 0 (g) . σ,τ g∈G g∈Gη
In our case of interest χ 0 = η0η is a one-dimensional character. Write
b = ξ · x, On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1235 √ [ ] e −(e−1) [ ] where x is an OF 1 -basis of ( p0) OK fixed by 6 and ξ a ޚp 6 -basis 0 0 of OF . Then writing g = δσ with δ ∈ 1 and σ ∈ 6η this matrix becomes X X τ −1σ 0σ (ξ)η0(σ 0)−1 τ −1δ(x) · η(δ)−1 0 σ,τ σ ∈6η δ∈1 and its determinant is X Y X det τ −1σ 0σ (ξ)η0(σ 0)−1 · τ −1δτ(x) · η(δ)−1. 0 σ,τ σ ∈6η τ∈6η\6 δ∈1 The first determinant is a group determinant[Washington 1997, Lemma 5.26] for the group 6η\6 and equals Y X X 0 0 0 −1 −1 Y X −1 ξη0 := σ σ (ξ)η (σ ) κ(σ ) = σ (ξ)κ(σ ) , ∧ 0 κ∈(6η\6) σ∈6η\6 σ ∈6η κ σ∈6 0 where this last product is over all characters κ of 6 restricting to η on 6η. The P −1 ur,× sum σ ∈6 σ (ξ)κ(σ ) clearly lies in ޚp since its reduction modulo p is the [ ] ¯ ⊗ ¯ projection of the ކp 6 -basis ξ of OF /(p) ކp ކp into the κ-eigenspace (up to the unit |6| = f ), hence nonzero. So we find
ur,× ξη0 ∈ ޚp . (14) We now analyze the second factor
Y X −1 −1 xη := τ δτ(x) · η(δ)
τ∈6η\6 δ∈1
i which is the product over the projections of x into the η p -eigenspaces for i = − 0,..., f − 1 (up to the unit |1| = e). For 0 ≤ j < e the η j-eigenspace of the η √ 0 e − j [ ] inverse different is generated over OF by ( p0) and since x was a OF 1 -basis × √ · e − j of the inverse different its projection lies in OF ( p0) . So by Lemma 6 below we have fη−1 × Y √ − h i − i ∈ · e e p ( mη)/e ⊂ xη OF ( p0) K i=0 and hence fη−1 i X −mη p v (x ) = − = −v (τ(r ¯ , ψ )), (15) p η e p η,] p i=0 − ¯ = mη ∈ ur using Corollary 4 and the fact that η η0 . One checks that τ(rη,]¯ , ψp) ޑp (ζp) is an eigenvector for the character
− fη − − = mη(p 1)/(p 1) % η0 1236 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
ur ur ur −1 of the group Gal(ޑp (ζp) ∩ K /ޑp ). Also, since xη is an eigenvector for % , Equation (15) implies ur,× τ(rη,]¯ , ψp) · xη ∈ ޚp . Combining this with (14) and (12) we find
0 fη ur,× (rχ¯ ) ·[per(b)]χ =η( ¯ rec(p))τ(rη,]¯ , ψp)η¯ (σ ) · xη · ξη0 ∈ ޚp and hence ·[ ] ∈ ޚur[ ] ((rχ¯ ))χ∈Gb per(b) im(K1( p G )).
= mη Lemma 6. We have η η0 , where η0 is the character (10) associated to the element p0 of valuation 1 and mη was defined in (13). Proof. It suffices to show that the composite map
ηmη 0 × rec ab 0 ω : µp fη −1 ⊂ F −→ G F → Gal(K/F) −−→ µe
fη agrees with the (mη(p − 1)/e)-th power map. By definition[Neukirch 1999, Theorem V.3.1] of the tame local Hilbert symbol and the fact that our map rec is the inverse of that used in[Neukirch 1999], we have − ζ 1, pmη ω0(ζ ) = 0 , F which by[Neukirch 1999, Theorem V.3.4] equals
β fη − −1 mη (p 1)/e ζ , p p fη − 0 = (−1)αβ 0 = ζ mη(p 1)/e, F ζ −α − = mη = = 1 = where α vp(p0 ) mη and β vp(ζ ) 0. Denote by γ a topological generator of
0 := Gal(ޑp(ζp∞ )/ޑp) and by cyclo ∼ × χ : Gal(ޑp(ζp∞ )/ޑp) = ޚp the cyclotomic character. As in the proof of Proposition 5 choose b such that √ [ ]· = e −(e−1) ޚp G b ( p0) OK . 1 Denote by e = P g ∈ ޚ [6] the idempotent for the trivial character of 6. 1 |6| g∈6 p 1 Proposition 7. If p - |G| then one can choose β ∈ H (K, ޚp(1 − r)) such that 1 1 H (K, ޚp(1 − r)) = H (K, ޚp(1 − r))tor ⊕ ޚp[G]· β On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1237 and the local Tamagawa number conjecture (4) is equivalent to the identity 1 − pr−1σ [(r − )!]·(p(r−1)c(χ)) ·[ (b)]−1·[ ( ∗(β))]·[C ]−1· = 1 χ∈Gb per per exp β −r −1 1 1 − p σ F ur ur in the group K1(ޑp [G])/ im K1(ޚp [G]). The projection of this identity into the ur ur group K1(ޑp [6])/ im K1(ޚp [6]) is χ cyclo(γ )r − 1 1 − pr−1σ [(r − )!] · [ ( ∗(β))] · e + − e · = 1 per exp F cyclo r−1 1 1 1 −r −1 1 χ (γ ) − 1 1 − p σ F ur ur 0 and in the components of K1(ޑp [G])/ im K1(ޚp [G]) indexed by χ = ([η], η ) with | 6= η Gal(K/K ∩F(ζp)) 1 this identity is equivalent to
fη (r−1) fη −1 ∗ ur,× ((r − 1)!) · p ·[per(b)]χ ·[per(exp (β))]χ ∈ ޚp . (16)
1 Proof. If p - |G| then the module H (K, ޚp(1 − r))/tor is free over ޚp[G] since this is true for any lattice in a free rank-one ޑp[G]-module. The first statement is then clear from (9) and Proposition 5. Since R K ޚ − r ⊗L ޚ [ ] =∼ R F ޚ − r 0( , p(1 )) ޚp[G] p 6 0( , p(1 )), ur ur the projection [Cβ ]F of [Cβ ] into K1(ޑp [6])/ im K1(ޚp [6]) is the class of the complex 1 2 H (F, ޚp(1 − r))tor[−1] ⊕ H (F, ޚp(1 − r))[−2] and both modules have trivial 6-action. Any finite cyclic ޚp[6]-module M with trivial 6-action has a projective resolution
|M|e1+1−e1 0 → ޚp[6] −−−−−−−→ ޚp[6] → M → 0
−1 and the class of M in K0(ޚp[6], ޑp) is represented by [|M|e1 + 1 − e1] ∈ K1(ޑp[6]). Using Tate local duality we have
1 −1 2 [Cβ ]F = [H (F, ޚp(1 − r))tor] ·[H (F, ޚp(1 − r))] 0 −1 0 = [H (F, ޑp/ޚp(1 − r))] ·[H (F, ޑp/ޚp(r))] cyclo r−1 cyclo r −1 = [(χ (γ ) − 1)e1 + 1 − e1]·[(χ (γ ) − 1)e1 + 1 − e1] χ cyclo(γ )r−1 − 1 = e + 1 − e . χ cyclo(γ )r − 1 1 1 1238 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
By Proposition 5 [per(b)]χ is a p-adic unit if η = 1, which gives the second statement. The third statement follows from the fact that Gal(K/K ∩ F(ζp)) acts trivially on R0(K, ޚp(1 − r)) which implies that [Cβ ]χ = 1 if the restriction of η to Gal(K/K ∩ F(ζp)) is nontrivial.
4. The Cherbonnier–Colmez reciprocity law
Now that we have reformulated Equation (4) according to Proposition 7 we see that we must compute the image of exp∗(β). In order to do this we will use an explicit reciprocity law of[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999], which uses the theory of (ϕ,0K )-modules and the rings of periods of Fontaine. Rather than developing this machinery in full, we will give only the definitions and results needed to state the reciprocity in our case; the reader is invited to read[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999] to see the theory and the reciprocity law developed in full generality.
4.1. Iwasawa theory. In this subsection and the next we recall results of[Cher- bonnier and Colmez 1999] specialized to the representation V = ޑp(1). For this discussion we temporarily suspend our assumption that p - |G|. So let K again be an arbitrary finite Galois extension of ޑp, define [ Kn = K (ζpn ), K∞ = Kn, n∈ގ
0K := Gal(K∞/K ), 3K = ޚp[[Gal(K∞/ޑp)]] and
H m (K, ޚ (1)) = lim H m(K , ޚ (1)) =∼ lim H m(K, IndGK ޚ (1)) =∼ H m(K, T ), I w p ←−− n p ←−− G K p n n n where the inverse limit is taken with respect to corestriction maps, the second isomorphism is Shapiro’s lemma and
T := lim IndGK ޚ (1) =∼ lim ޚ [Gal(K /K )](1) =∼ ޚ [[0 ]](1) ←−− G K p ←−− p n p K n n n
−1 cyclo is a free rank-one ޚp[[0K ]]-module with GK -action given by ψ χ , where
× ψ : GK → 0K ⊆ ޚp[[0K ]] is the tautological character (see the analogous discussion of (2)). From this it is easy to see that for any r ∈ ޚ one has an exact sequence of GK -modules
cyclo r−1 γK ·χ (γK ) −1 0 → T −−−−−−−−−−−→ T −−→ ޚp(r) → 0 (17) On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1239 where γK ∈ 0K is a topological generator (our assumption that p is odd assures that 0K is procyclic for any K ). It is clear from the definition that
m ∼ m HI w(K, ޚp(1)) = HI w(Kn, ޚp(1)) (18) ≥ m for any n 0. So HI w(K, ޚp(1)) only depends on the field K∞, and it is naturally a 3K -module. Since our base field K was arbitrary an analogous sequence holds with ∼ GK K replaced by Kn and T by the corresponding G K -module Tn so that T = Ind Tn. n G Kn In view of (18) we obtain induced maps
1 1 prn,r : HI w(K, ޚp(1)) → H (Kn, ޚp(r)) (19) for any n ≥ 0 and r ∈ ޚ. = 6= Lemma 8. Set γn γKn . If r 1 then the map prn,r induces an isomorphism
1 cyclo 1−r 1 ∼ 1 HI w(K, ޚp(1))/(γn − χ (γn) )HI w(K, ޚp(1)) = H (Kn, ޚp(r)).
Proof. The short exact sequence (17) over Kn induces a long exact sequence of cohomology groups
γ −χcyclo(γ )1−r 0 n n 0 0 0 / HI w(K, ޚp(1)) / HI w(K, ޚp(1)) / H (Kn, ޚp(r))
r pr 1 1 n,r 1 H (K, ޚp(1)) / H (K, ޚp(1)) / H (Kn, ޚp(r)) I w cyclo 1−r I w γn−χ (γn)
r 2 2 2 H (K, ޚp(1)) / H (K, ޚp(1)) / H (Kn, ޚp(r)) / 0. I w cyclo 1−r I w γn−χ (γn)
By Tate local duality there is a canonical isomorphism of Gal(Kn/K )-modules
2 ∼ H (Kn, ޚp(1)) = ޚp for each n, and the corestriction map is the identity map on ޚp. Hence,
2 ∼ HI w(K, ޚp(1)) = ޚp 6= with trivial action of 0Kn . This implies that for r 1 multiplication by
cyclo 1−r cyclo 1−r γn − χ (γn) = 1 − χ (γn)
2 is injective on HI w(K, ޚp(1)). Hence prn,r is surjective and we obtain the desired isomorphism. 1240 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
4.2. The ring AK and the reciprocity law. The theory of (ϕ,0K )-modules[Cher- bonnier and Colmez 1999] involves a ring ∧ X n AK = OF0 [[πK ]][1/πK ] = anπ : an ∈ OF0 , lim an = 0 , K n→−∞ n∈ޚ 0 where πK is (for now) a formal variable and F ⊇ F is the maximal unramified ∧ subfield of K∞. (The notation (−) means −b.) The ring AK carries an operator ϕ extending the Frobenius on OF0 and an action of 0K commuting with ϕ, which are somewhat hard to describe in terms of πK . However, on the subring ∧ AF0 = OF0 [[π]][1/π] ⊆ AK one has cyclo ϕ(1 + π) = (1 + π)p, γ (1 + π) = (1 + π)χ (γ ) (20) for γ ∈ 0K . The ring AK is a complete, discrete valuation ring with uniformizer p. We denote ∼ by EK = k((π K )) its residue field and by BK = AK [1/p] its field of fractions. We see that ϕ(BK ) is a subfield of BK (of degree p), and thus we can define = −1 −1 ψ p ϕ TrBK /ϕBK and = −1 N ϕ NBK /ϕBK as further operators on BK . We observe that if f ∈ BK , then ψ(ϕ( f )) = f. ψ=1 Thus ψ is an additive left inverse of ϕ. We write AK ⊂ AK for the set of elements fixed by the operator ψ. The (ϕ,0K )-module associated to the representation ޚp(1) is AK (1) where the Tate twist refers to the 0K -action being twisted by the cyclotomic character. By[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, III.2] the field BK is contained in a field eB †,n on which ϕ is bijective and eB contains a GK -stable subring eB consisting of −n elements x for which ϕ (x) converges to an element in BdR. So one has a GK - equivariant ring homomorphism −n †,n ϕ : eB → BdR, which again is rather inexplicit in general but is given by −n t/pn ϕ (π) = ζpn e − 1 on the element π. The main result[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, théorème IV.2.1] specialized to the representation V = ޑp(1) can now be summarized as follows. On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1241
Theorem 9. Let K/ޑp be any finite Galois extension and
3K := ޚp[[Gal(K∞/ޑp)]] its Iwasawa algebra.
(a) There is an isomorphism of 3K -modules
= ∗ : H 1 K ޚ =∼ Aψ 1 Expޚp I w( , p(1)) K (1).
(b) There is n0 ∈ ޚ such that for n ≥ n0 the following hold: ψ=1 †,n (b1) AK ⊆ eB . −n ψ=1 (b2) The GK -equivariant map ϕ : AK → BdR factors through
−n ψ=1 ϕ : AK → Kn[[t]]⊆ BdR. (b3) One has
∞ X p−nϕ−n(Exp∗ (u)) = exp∗ (pr (u)) · tr−1 ޚp ޑp(r) n,1−r r=1 ∈ 1 for any u HI w(K, ޚp(1)).
Theorem 9 contains all the information we shall need when analyzing the case of tamely ramified K in Section 6 below. However, the paper[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999] contains further information on the map Exp∗ , which we summarize ޚp in the next proposition. We shall only need this proposition when reproving the unramified case of the local Tamagawa number in Section 5 below. First recall from[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, p. 257] that the ring BK carries a derivation
∇ : BK → BK , uniquely specified by its value on π:
∇(π) = 1 + π.
We set ∇(x) ∇ log(x) = x and denote by n Mb := ←−−lim M/p M n the p-adic completion of an abelian group M. 1242 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
Proposition 10. There is a commutative diagram of 3K -modules, where the maps labeled by =∼ are isomorphism.
1 HI w(K, ޚp(1)) 5 Exp∗ =∼ ޚp δ =∼ ι =∼ =∼ * := × × pm K / × ∧ o N =1 ∧ / ψ=1 A(K∞) ←−−limm n Kn /(Kn ) (EK ) (AK ) AK (1) O , =∼ O mod p ∇ log
? ι | × × pm K U ? U := lim O /(O ) / 1 + π K k[[π K ]] ←−−m,n Kn Kn =∼
Proof. The isomorphism δ arises from Kummer theory. The theory of the field of norms gives an isomorphism of multiplicative monoids[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, proposition I.1.1] −→=∼ [[ ]] ←−−lim OKn k π K , n which induces our isomorphism ιK |U after restricting to units and passing to p-adic completions and our isomorphism ιK by taking the field of fractions and passing to p-adic completions of its units. By[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, corollaire V.1.2] (see also[Daigle 2014, N =1 ∧ × ∧ 3.2.1] for more details), the reduction-mod-p-map (AK ) → (EK ) is an iso- morphism. By[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, proposition V.3.2(iii)] the map ∇ log makes the upper triangle in our diagram commute. Since all other maps in this triangle are isomorphisms, the map ∇ log is an isomorphism as well. 4.3. Specialization to the tamely ramified case. We now resume our assumption that p does not divide the degree of [K : ޑp] together with (most of) the notation from Section 3. In addition we assume that
ζp ∈ K, 0 which implies that K∞/K is totally ramified and hence that F = F is the maximal unramified subfield of K∞. The theory of fields of norms[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, remarque I.1.2] shows that EK is a Galois extension of EF of degree
e := [K∞ : F∞] = [K : F(ζp)] with group ∼ ∼ Gal(EK /EF ) = Gal(K∞/F∞) = Gal(K/F(ζp)).
Note that with this notation the ramification degree of K/ޑp is e(p − 1) whereas it was denoted by e in Section 3. The element p0 of Section 3 we choose to be −p, On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1243 i.e., we assume that √ K = F( e(p−1) −p).
− p−1 = − · ∈ + − [ ] An easy computation shows that (ζp √1) p u with u 1 (ζp 1)ޚp ζp and hence we can choose the root (p−1) −p such that √ (p−1) 0 ζp − 1 = −p · u (21)
0 with u ∈ 1 + (ζp − 1)ޚp[ζp]. By Kummer theory we then also have
pe K = F( ζp − 1) √ √ e e and BK = BF ( π). Any choice of πK = π fixes a choice of
pe −1 ζp − 1 = ϕ (πK )|t=0 and of √ e(p−1) pe 0 −1/e −p = ζp − 1 · (u ) . We have ∼ G = 6 n 1 with 6 cyclic of order f and 1 cyclic of order e(p − 1) and ∼ ∼ 3K = ޚp[[G × 0K ]] = ޚp[6 n 1][[γ1 − 1]],
p−1 where γ1 = γ is a topological generator of 0K .
Proposition 11. There is an isomorphism of 3K -modules
1 ∼ HI w(K, ޚp(1)) = 3K · βI w ⊕ ޚp(1).
Proof. In view of the Kummer theory isomorphism
∼ 1 δ : A(K∞) = HI w(K, ޚp(1)) it suffices to quote the structure theorem for the 3K -module A(K∞) given in [Neukirch et al. 2000, Theorem 11.2.3] (where k = ޑp and our group 6 n 1 is the group 1 of [loc. cit.]).
Corollary 12. There is an isomorphism of ޚp[G]-modules
1 ∼ 1 H (K, ޚp(1 − r)) = ޚp[G]· β ⊕ H (K, ޚp(1 − r))tor, where β = pr0,1−r (βI w) = pr1,1−r (βI w). 1244 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
Proof. This is clear from Proposition 11 and Lemma 8 (with r replaced by 1 − r) in view of the isomorphisms
∼ cyclo r ޚp[G] −→ 3K /(γ1 − χ (γ1) )3K and cyclo r cyclo cyclo r ޚp(1)/(γ1 − χ (γ1) )ޚp(1) = ޚp/(χ (γ1) − χ (γ1) )ޚp ∼ 0 = H (K, ޑp/ޚp(1 − r))) ∼ 1 = H (K, ޚp(1 − r))tor. If we choose the element β of Corollary 12 to verify the identity in Proposition 7 it remains to get an explicit hold on some 3K -basis βI w, or rather of its image = = ∗ ∈ Aψ 1 α Expޚp (βI w) K (1). (22)
Since α is a (infinite) Laurent series in πK it will be amenable to somewhat explicit analysis. In the unramified components of Proposition 7( η = 1) we can compute α in terms of the well-known Perrin-Riou basis (see Proposition 24 below) which is a main ingredient in all known proofs of the unramified case of the local Tamagawa number conjecture. In the other components (η 6=1) we shall simply use Nakayama’s lemma to analyze α as much as we can in Section 6. In order to compute exp∗ (β) we also need to be able to apply Theorem 9 for ޑp(r) n = 1.
Proposition 13. Part (b) of Theorem 9 holds with n0 = 1. ψ=1 Proof. It will follow from an explicit analysis of elements in AK in Corollary 37 −1 ψ=1 e below that ϕ (a) converges for a ∈ AK , which shows (b1). Since πK = π and −n t/pn −n ϕ (π) = ζpn e − 1 it is also clear that the values of ϕ on AK , if convergent, pe lie in F( ζpn − 1)[[t]] = Kn[[t]]. This shows (b2). By[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, théorème IV.2.1] the right-hand side of (b3) is given by T ϕ−m(Exp∗ (u)) n ޚp for m ≥ n large enough (see the next section for the definition of Tn). The statement in (b3) then follows from Corollary 17 below. 4.4. Some power series computations. The purpose of this section is simply to record some computations justifying Theorem 9(b3) for n ≥ 1. Another aim is to write the coefficients of the right-hand side of Theorem 9(b3) in terms of the derivation ∇ applied to the left-hand side. First we have Lemma 14 [Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, lemme III.2.3]. Suppose ϕ−n f and −n ϕ (∇ f ) both converge in BdR. Then d ϕ−n(∇ f ) = pn (ϕ−n( f )). dt On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1245
−n ◦ ∇ n d ◦ −n + Proof. It’s enough to check that ϕ and p dt ϕ both agree on 1 π, since they are both derivations. We see that −n −n t/pn ϕ ∇(1 + π) = ϕ (1 + π) = ζpn e
n d −n n d t/pn t/pn p ϕ (1 + π) = p ζ n e = ζ n e . dt dt p p The next Lemma shows that ∇ is compatible with other operators that we have introduced. The ring B is defined as in[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999].
Lemma 15. Let f ∈ BK . Then we have (a) ∇γ f = χ cyclo(γ ) · γ ∇ f , (b) ∇ϕ f = p · ϕ∇ f ,
(c) ∇ TrB/ϕB f = TrB/ϕB ∇ f , (d) ∇ψ f = p−1 · ψ∇ f . Proof. This is a straightforward computation. For example, to see (c) note that (1 + π)i , i = 0,..., p − 1 is a ϕB-basis of B and p−1 X i TrB/ϕB(x) = TrB/ϕB ϕxi · (1 + π) = p · ϕx0. i=0 Hence p−1 X i i TrB/ϕB(∇x) = TrB/ϕB ∇ϕxi · (1 + π) + ϕxi · i · (1 + π) i=0 p−1 X i = TrB/ϕB ϕ(p∇xi + xi · i) · (1 + π) i=0 2 = p ϕ∇x0 = ∇(p · ϕx0) = ∇ TrB/ϕB(x). See[Daigle 2014, Lemma 3.1.3] for more details. Recall the normalized trace maps
Tn : K∞ → Kn from[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, p. 259] which are given by = −m Tn(x) p TrKm /Kn x for any m ≥ n such that x ∈ Km, and extend to a map
Tn : K∞[[t]]→ Kn[[t]] by linearity. By[Cherbonnier and Colmez 1999, théorème IV.2.1] the right-hand = side of Theorem 9(b3) is given by T ϕ−m( f ) for f = Exp∗ (u) ∈ Aψ 1 and m ≥ n n ޚp K 1246 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach large enough. In order to get access to individual Taylor coefficients of the right- dr−1 −m hand side we wish to compute dtr−1 Tnϕ ( f ), but from Lemmas 14 and 15 we see that dr−1 T ϕ−m = p−m(r−1)T ϕ−m∇r−1 dtr−1 n n
−m r−1 ψ=1 and thus we can study the map Tnϕ on ∇ A . But since ψ∇x = p∇ψx, r−1 K r−1 r−1 ψ=1 ψ=p −m ψ=p we see that ∇ AK ⊆ AK , and so we wish to study Tnϕ on AK .
ψ=pr−1 Lemma 16. Let P ∈ AK be such that
−n −n (ϕ P)(0) := ϕ P|t=0 converges and assume m ≥ n. Then if n ≥ 1 we have
−m (r−1)m−rn −n (Tnϕ P)(0) = p (ϕ P)(0). (23) and if n = 0 we have
−m (r−1)m −r −1 −0 (T0ϕ P)(0) = p (1 − p σ )(ϕ P)(0). (24)
r−1 ψ=p r−1 Proof. Since P ∈ AK , we know that ψ(P) = p P and thus that
−r p TrB/ϕB(P) = ϕ(P).
e 1/e Recall that we can choose πK such that πK = π. Then {((1 + π)ζ − 1) : ζ ∈ µp} is the set of conjugates of πK over ϕ(B) in an algebraic closure of B, so this gives X p−r P ((1 + π)ζ − 1)1/e = Pσ ((1 + π)p − 1)1/e.
ζ∈µp
−(l+1) −(l+1) Whenever ϕ P converges for some l ∈ ގ, the operator ϕ P|t=0 corre- −(l+1) sponds to setting π = ζpl+1 − 1 and applying σ to each coefficient. We get
−r X σ −(l+1) 1/e σ −l 1/e p P ((ζ · ζpl+1 − 1) ) = P ((ζpl − 1) ). (25) ζ∈µp
If l ≥ 1, this simplifies to
−r σ −(l+1) 1/e σ −l 1/e + − = − p TrKl+1/Kl P ((ζpl 1 1) ) P ((ζpl 1) ), and by induction, we see that for any 1 ≤ n < m,
m−r(m−n) σ −m 1/e σ −n 1/e p Tn P ((ζpm − 1) ) = P ((ζpn − 1) ). (26) On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1247
σ −m 1/e −m Since P ((ζpm − 1) ) = (ϕ P)(0), this proves Equation (23). If l = 0 then Equation (25) becomes
−r X σ −1 1/e −0 p P ((ζ · ζp − 1) ) = (ϕ P)(0).
ζ∈µp
The left-hand side is now equal to
−r σ −1 + −r σ −1 − 1/e p P (0) p TrK1/K0 P ((ζp 1) ) and we have
−r σ −1 − 1/e = − −r −1 −0 p TrK1/K0 (P ((ζp 1) )) (1 p σ )(ϕ P)(0).
By induction we get
m−rm σ −m 1/e −r −1 −0 p T0 P ((ζpm − 1) ) = (1 − p σ )(ϕ P)(0), which proves Equation (24).
ψ=1 −n Corollary 17. If P ∈ AK is such that ϕ P converges and m ≥ n, then we have
−m −n −n Tnϕ P = p ϕ P if n ≥ 1, and −m −1 −1 −0 T0ϕ P = (1 − p σ )ϕ P if n = 0.
Proof. This follows by combining Lemma 16 for all r.
5. The unramified case
In this section we reprove the local Tamagawa number conjecture (4) in the case where K = F is unramified over ޑp. This was first proven in[Bloch and Kato 1990] and other proofs can be found in[Perrin-Riou 1994; Benois and Berger 2008]. The proofs differ in the kind of “reciprocity law” which they employ but all proofs, including ours, use the “Perrin-Riou basis,” i.e., the 3F -basis in Proposition 24 below.
5.1. An extension of Proposition 10 in the unramified case. In this section we use results of Perrin-Riou[1990] to extend the diagram in Proposition 10 to the 1248 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach diagram in Corollary 21 below. Define X n PF := anπ ∈ F[[π]]: nan ∈ OF , n≥0
P F := PF /pOF [[π]],
P F,log := { f ∈ P F : (p − ϕ)( f ) = 0}, ¯ PF,log := { f ∈ PF : f ∈ P F,log} = { f ∈ PF : (p − ϕ)( f ) ∈ pOF [[π]]}, × OF [[π]]log := { f ∈ OF [[π]] : f mod pOF [[π]]∈ 1 + πk[[π]]} = 1 + (π, p).
Note that PF is the space of power series in F whose derivative with respect to π lies in OF [[π]]. Observe that the map d log is given by an integral power series, and therefore log OF [[π]]log ⊆ PF where the logarithm map X xn log(1 + x) = (−1)n−1 n n≥1 is given by the usual power series. Since ϕ reduces modulo p to the Frobenius, i.e., to the p-th power map, the logarithm series in fact induces a map
log : OF [[π]]log → PF,log. We wish to show that this map is an isomorphism, and to do this we first recall a couple of lemmas from[Perrin-Riou 1990]. Lemma 18 [Perrin-Riou 1990, lemme 2.1]. Let
f ∈ 1 + πk[[π]]= bއm(k[[π]]) ˆ and let f be any lift of f to OF [[π]]log. Then ˆ log( f ) mod pOF [[π]]∈ P F,log ˆ ˆ does not depend on the choice of f , and the map f 7→ log( f ) mod pOF [[π]] is an ∼ isomorphism logk : 1 + πk[[π]]−→ P F,log.
Lemma 19 [Perrin-Riou 1990, lemme 2.2]. Let f ∈ PF,log. Then the sequence m m ∞ p ψ ( f ) converges to a limit f ∈ PF,log, and we have ∞ (1) f ≡ f mod pOF [[π]], (2) ψ( f ∞) = p−1 f ∞, −1 ∞ (3) (1 − p ϕ) f ∈ OF [[π]], ∞ (4) f = 0 if f ∈ OF [[π]], ∞ ∞ (5) f = g if f ≡ g mod pOF [[π]]. On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1249
Corollary 20. (1) The map log : OF [[π]]log → PF,log is an isomorphism. (2) One has a commutative diagram of isomorphisms
log −1 N =1 ψ=p OF [[π]] / P log =∼ F,log
=∼ mod p =∼ mod p
logk 1 + πk[[π]] / P F,log =∼
Proof. To see the first part, note that we have a commutative diagram
1 0
log 1 + pOF [[π]] / pOF [[π]] =∼
log OF [[π]]log / PF,log
logk 1 + πk[[π]] / P F,log =∼
1 0 and that the logarithm map on 1 + pOF [[π]] is an isomorphism since its inverse is given by the exponential series. By the five lemma, the middle arrow is an isomorphism. For the second part, it suffices to note that Lemma 19 shows that any −1 ψ=p = element in P F,log has a unique lift in PF,log and that log N (x) pψ log(x). Corollary 21. For K = F the commutative diagram from Proposition 10 extends to a commutative diagram of 3F -modules: ∼ ∼ ∼ = × × pm o = × ∧ o = N =1 ∧ = / ψ=1 A(F∞) ←−−limm n Fn /(Fn ) (EF ) (AF ) AF (1) O, O mod p O ∇ log O ∇ ? ∼ ∼ ? ∼ ? −1 × × pm = ? = N =1 = ψ=p U = lim O /(O ) o 1 + πk[[π]] o OF [[π]] / P ←−−m,n Fn Fn mod p log log F,log
Proof. This is immediate from Corollary 20(2). 1250 Jay Daigle and Matthias Flach
ψ=p−1 This diagram allows us to determine the exact relationship between PF,log and ψ=1 AF (1) since the relationship between A(F∞) and U is quite transparent. There is an exact sequence of 3F -modules
v 0 → U → A(F∞) −→ ޚp → 0, where v is the valuation map and ޚp carries the trivial 6 × 0-action. By[Neukirch et al. 2000, Theorem 11.2.3], already used in the proof of Proposition 11, there is an isomorphism ∼ A(F∞) = 3F ⊕ ޚp(1) (27) and the torsion submodule ޚp(1) is clearly contained in U. Hence we obtain an exact sequence v 0 → Utf → A(F∞)tf −→ ޚp → 0, where Mtf := M/Mtors. The module A(F∞)tf is free of rank one and since the (6 × 0)-action on ޚp is trivial we find
Utf = I · A(F∞)tf, where
I := (σ − 1, γ − 1) ⊆ 3F is the augmentation ideal.
Lemma 22. The augmentation ideal I is principal, generated by the element
(1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1, where e1 ∈ ޚp[6] is the idempotent for the trivial character of 6. Proof. This hinges on our assumption that p does not divide the order of 6, which 2 = implies that e1 has coefficients in ޚp. Using e1 e1 we then find immediately
σ − 1 = (σ − 1)(1 − e1) = (σ − 1)(1 − e1) ·[(1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1],
γ − 1 = ((γ − 1)(1 − e1) + e1) ·[(1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1].
−1 ∈ ψ=1 ˜ ∈ ψ=p Lemma 23. There are elements α AF (1), α PF,log such that
ψ=1 (1) AF (1) = 3F · α ⊕ ޚp(1) · 1, −1 ψ=p = · ˜ ⊕ · + (2) PF,log 3F α ޚp log(1 π),
(3) ∇α ˜ = ((1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1) · α. On the local Tamagawa number conjecture for Tate motives 1251
Proof. Part (1) follows from (27) and Corollary 21. For part (2) one checks easily −1 −1 · + ψ=p ψ=p that ޚp log(1 π) is the torsion submodule of PF,log and that (PF,log )tf is free of rank one over 3F , since it is isomorphic under ∇ to the free module
I · α = 3F · ((1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1) · α by Lemma 22. Note that we view α here as an element of AF (1), i.e., the action cyclo of γ is χ (γ ) times the standard action (20) of γ on AF . Setting
−1 α˜ := ∇ ((1 − e1) + (γ − 1)e1) · α we obtain (3).
5.2. The Coleman exact sequence and the Perrin-Riou basis. Lemma 23 tells us −1 ψ=p ˜ ˜ that (PF,log )tf is generated over 3F by a single element α, but not what this α is. ψ=0 By studying one more space, OF [[π]] , we are able to describe α˜ and hence α.
Proposition 24. (1) There is an exact sequence of 3F -modules
−1 − → · + → ψ=p −−−→1 ϕ/p [[ ]]ψ=0 → → 0 ޚp log(1 π) PF,log OF π ޚp(1) 0. (28)
ψ=0 (2) OF [[π]] is a free 3F -module of rank one generated by ξ(1 + π), where ξ ∈ OF is a basis of OF over ޚp[6]. Proof. Part (1) is Theorem 2.3 in[Perrin-Riou 1990] and goes back to Coleman [1979]. See also[Daigle 2014, Proposition 4.1.10]. Part (2) is Lemma 1.5 in [Perrin-Riou 1990]. Corollary 25. The bases α and α˜ in Lemma 23 can be chosen such that