Regulator Constants and Cohomology

Abstract

We show how regulator constants of a finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}[G]$-module can be related to $G$-cohomology, where $G$ is a finite group. We then derive consequences of such relation for modules naturally arising in number theory, such as ring of integers and units of number fields, $K$-theory groups of ring of integers and Mordell-Weil groups of elliptic curves.