Speaker:
Barry Smith
Institution:
UCSD
Time:
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 12:00pm
Location:
MSTB 254
An explicit expression for the L-function evaluator associated to an abelian extension K/k of number fields of degree 2p will be discussed. Instances will be given where this expression can be used to determine pieces of the ideal class group of K that are annihilated by this L-function evaluator.