Abstract:
This paper gives a construction of the $\mathfrak p$-adic zeta-function of an imaginary quadratic field which can be used to express the class number with conductor $\mathfrak p^n$ of complex multiplication fields.
We obtain an exact formula for the norm of the Leopoldt regulator of such fields; this formula follows from the existence of a $\Gamma$-module associated to the regulator.
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