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We define a “period-ring-valued beta function” and give a reciprocity law on its special values. The proof is based on some results of Rohrlich and Coleman concerning Fermat curves. We also have the following application. Stark’s conjecture implies that the exponentials of the derivatives at s = 0 s=0 of partial zeta functions are algebraic numbers which satisfy a reciprocity law under certain conditions. It follows from Euler’s formulas and properties of cyclotomic units when the base field is the rational number field. In this paper, we provide an alternative proof of a weaker result by using the reciprocity law on the period-ring-valued beta function. In other words, the reciprocity law given in this paper is a refinement of the reciprocity law on cyclotomic units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Let A be an abelian variety. The abelian Ax–Lindemann theorem shows that the Zariski closure of an algebraic flow in A is a translate of an abelian subvariety of A. The paper discusses some conjectures on the usual topological closure of an algebraic flow in A. The main result is a proof of these conjectures when the algebraic flow is given by an algebraic curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1994, Brüdern and Fouvry [1] initiated the investigation of Lagrange's four squares theorem with almost prime variables. In this paper, we prove that every suffi- ciently large integer, congruent to 4 modulo 24, can be represented as a sum of four squares of integers, each of which has at most four prime factors. Instead of the four-dimensional vector sieve developed by Brüdern and Fouvry [1], we establish this result by combining the threedimensional sieve and the switching principle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]