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Remark on elliptic units in a $\mathbb{Z}_p$ -extension of an imaginary quadratic field

Author(s): Tsuyoshi Itoh
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 473-478.
MSC (2000): Primary 11R23; Secondary 11G16
Posted: August 20, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2448566
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Abstract: We shall study the group of units modulo the group of elliptic units in a $\mathbb{Z}_p$ -extension of an imaginary quadratic field.

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