P-adic polylogarithms and p-adic Hecke L-functions for totally real fields

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this article is to newly define the p-adic polylogarithm as an equivariant class in the cohomology of a certain infinite disjoint union of algebraic tori associated to a totally real field. We will then express the special values of p-adic L-functions interpolating nonpositive values of Hecke L-functions of the totally real field in terms of special values of these p-adic polylogarithms.