On Constant Terms of Eisenstein Series

Abstract

We calculate the constant terms of certain Hilbert modular Eisenstein series at all cusps. Our formula relates these constant terms to special values of Hecke $L$-series. This builds on previous work of Ozawa, in which a restricted class of Eisenstein series were studied. Our results have direct arithmetic applications---in separate work we apply these formulas to prove the Brumer-Stark conjecture away from $p=2$ and to give an exact analytic formula for Brumer-Stark units.

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