Stark's Conjectures: Recent Work and New Directions Recent Work and New Directions : an International Conference on Stark's Conjectures and Related Topics, August 5-9, 2002, Johns Hopkins University

Stark's conjectures on the behavior of $L$-functions were formulated in the 1970s. Since then, these conjectures and their generalizations have been actively investigated. This has led to significant progress in algebraic number theory.<br/>The current volume, based on the conference held at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), represents the state-of-the-art research in this area. The first four survey papers provide an introduction to a majority of the recent work related to Stark's conjectures. The remaining six contributions touch on some major themes currently under exploration in the area, such as non-abelian and $p$-adic aspects of the conjectures, abelian refinements, etc. Among others, some important contributors to the volume include Harold M. Stark, John Tate, and Barry Mazur.<br/>The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in number theory.