Comparing Two Formulas for the Gross-Stark Units

Abstract

Let $F$ be a totally real number field. Dasgupta conjectured an explicit $p$-adic analytic formula for the Gross-Stark units of $F$. In a later paper, Dasgupta-Spiess conjectured a cohomological formula for the principal minors and the characteristic polynomial of the Gross regulator matrix associated to a totally odd character of $F$. Dasgupta-Spiess conjectured that these conjectural formulas coincide for the diagonal entries of Gross regulator matrix. In this paper, we prove this conjecture when $F$ is a cubic field.

40 pages, 4 figures