arXiv · 1510.01141
On the algebraicity of some products of special values of Barnes' multiple gamma function
Abstract
We consider partial zeta functions $ζ(s,c)$ associated with ray classes $c$'s of a totally real field. Stark's conjecture implies that an appropriate product of $\exp(ζ'(0,c))$'s is an algebraic number which is called a Stark unit. Shintani gave an explicit formula for $\exp(ζ'(0,c))$ in terms of Barnes' multiple gamma function. Yoshida ``decomposed'' Shintani's formula: he defined the symbol $X(c,ι)$ satisfying that $\exp(ζ'(0,c))=\prod_ι \exp(X(c,ι))$ where $ι$ runs over all real embeddings of $F$. Hence we can decompose a Stark unit into a product of $[F:\mathbb Q]$ terms. The main result is to show that $([F:\mathbb Q]-1)$ of them are algebraic numbers. We also study a relation between Yoshida's conjecture on CM-periods and Stark's conjecture.
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Tomokazu Kashio. 2015-10-05. On the algebraicity of some products of special values of Barnes' multiple gamma function. https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.01141
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