Non-commutative $L$-functions for $p$-adic representations over totally real fields

TL;DR

This paper establishes a unique definition of non-commutative $L$-functions for $p$-adic Galois representations over totally real fields, advancing the understanding of Iwasawa theory in non-commutative settings.

Contribution

It proves a unicity result for non-commutative $L$-functions and defines them uniquely for a broad class of Galois representations over totally real fields.

Findings

Uniqueness of non-commutative $L$-functions established.

Existence of a canonical $L$-function for continuous Galois representations.

Connections made with equivariant main conjecture for CM-extensions.

Abstract

We prove a unicity result for the $L$-functions appearing in the non-commutative Iwasawa main conjecture over totally real fields. We then consider continuous representations $\rho$ of the absolute Galois group of a totally real field $F$ on adic rings in the sense of Fukaya and Kato. Using our unicity result, we show that there exists a unique sensible definition of a non-commutative $L$-function for any such $\rho$ that factors through the Galois group of a possibly infinite totally real extension. We also consider the case of CM-extensions and discuss the relation with the equivariant main conjecture for realisations of abstract $1$-motives of Greither and Popescu.