BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250918T092111EDT-7362kJcFEp@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250918T132111Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Stark's Conjectures and Hilbert's 12th Problem.\n\nAbstr act: In this talk we will discuss two central problems in algebraic number theory and their interconnections: explicit class field theory and the sp ecial values of L-functions.  The goal of explicit class field theory is t o describe the abelian extensions of a ground number field via analytic me ans intrinsic to the ground field\; this question lies at the core of Hilb ert's 12th Problem.  Meanwhile\, there is an abundance of conjectures on t he values of L-functions at certain special points.  Of these\, Stark's Co njecture has relevance toward explicit class field theory.  I will describ e two recent joint results with Mahesh Kakde on these topics.  The first i s a proof of the Brumer-Stark conjecture away from p=2. This conjecture st ates the existence of certain canonical elements in abelian extensions of totally real fields.  The second is a proof of an exact formula for Brumer -Stark units that has been developed over the last 15 years.  We show that these units together with other easily written explicit elements generate the maximal abelian extension of a totally real field\, thereby giving a p-adic solution to the question of explicit class field theory for these f ields.\n\n \n\n \n\nColloque des sciences mathématiques du Québec\n Hybride -Places limitées- Salle 5340\, pavillon André-Aisenstadt /Zoom: https://u montreal.zoom.us/j/93983313215?pwd=clB6cUNsSjAvRmFMME1PblhkTUts... ID de r éunion : 939 8331 3215 Code secret : 096952\n DTSTART:20211210T190000Z DTEND:20211210T200000Z SUMMARY:Samit Dasgupta (Duke University) URL:/mathstat/channels/event/samit-dasgupta-duke-unive rsity-335390 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR