Tag Archives: Leopoldt Conjecture

Z_p-extensions of Number Fields, Part II

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Persiflage

This is continuation of the last post. We claimed there that we were going to deform a totally real number field of degree n into a field with signature (r,s) with r+2s = n, and pass information about Leopoldt’s conjecture … Continue reading →

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Z_p-extensions of Number Fields, Part I

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Persiflage

In the next few posts, I want to discuss a problem that came up when I wrote a paper with Barry Mazur. We had a few observations and remarks that we discussed as part of a possible sequel but which … Continue reading →

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Catalan’s Constant and periods

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Persiflage

There is a 60th birthday conference in honour of Frits Beukers in Utrech in July; I’m hoping to swing by there on the way to Oberwolfach. Thinking about matters Beukers made me reconsider an question that I’ve had for while. … Continue reading →

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