The Steinberg symbol and special values of L-functions

  • Date: 03/13/2008
Lecturer(s):

Cecilia Busuioc (Boston University)

Location: 

Simon Fraser University

Topic: 

In this talk, we will describe a construction of Eisenstein classes in the parabolic cohomology of Γ0(M) with values in Milnor's K2-group of the ring of S-integers of the cyclotomic extension Q(μM). In the case where p is an irregular prime, we will explain a congruence between certain projections of Steinberg symbols of p-units and L-values of level-1 cusp forms congruent to an Eisenstein series mod p, a result that was predicted by a conjecture of R. Sharifi.

Schedule: 

pims

Other Information: 

Number Theory Seminar