학술논문

A class number formula for Picard modular surfaces
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
Mathematics - Number Theory
Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry
Mathematics - Representation Theory
11F67 (primary), 11G18, 11G40, 14G35, 19E15 (secondary)
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Abstract
We investigate arithmetic aspects of the middle degree cohomology of compactified Picard modular surfaces $X$ attached to the unitary similitude group $\mathrm{GU}(2,1)$ for an imaginary quadratic extension $E/\mathbf{Q}$. We construct new Beilinson--Flach classes on $X$ and compute their Archimedean regulator. We obtain a special value formula involving a non-critical $L$-value of the degree six standard $L$-function, a Whittaker period, and the regulator. This provides evidence for Beilinson's conjecture in this setting.