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For $a$ prime to $p$, putFor positive $a$, $b_a(X)=X^{1-a}{\sum }_{j=0}^{a-1}{X}^{2j}$ is a Laurent polynomial. For negative $a$, use $b_a=-b_{-a}$. Hence it is regular at $X=1$ with value $a$, and $f_a\in {\mathbb{Z}}_p[[T]{]}^{\times }$ has constant coefficient $a^{p-1}\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}p)$. Evaluation at ${\zeta }_n$ shows that $c_n(a)$ is a unit and reduces to one in the residue field, so $c_n(a)\in U_n$.

Because $p$ is odd, ${\prod }_{\xi \in {\mu }_p}\xi =1$. Both maps $\xi \mapsto {\xi }^2$ and $\xi \mapsto {\xi }^{2a}$ permute ${\mu }_p$, and thereforeThis rational-function identity also holds for negative $a$ and extends across the removable point $X=1$. It implies $N{f}_a=f_a$. Part 1(b) now proves all the required norm compatibilities, and $c(a)\in U_{\infty }$, with Coleman series $f_a$.

Use the additive formal coordinate $z=\log (1+T)$, in which $D=d/dz$. ThenIts logarithm after normalization by $a^{p-1}$ is even, so all odd derivatives at zero vanish. For the even derivatives, the hyperbolic cotangent generating function for Bernoulli numbers givesHere the Bernoulli numbers use $B_1=-1/2$. Differentiating $k-1$ more times yields the answer for every index:These rational expressions lie in ${\mathbb{Z}}_p$ because they equal the integral logarithmic-derivative definition in part (a). In particular ${\delta }_1=0$; substituting $B_1$ into the even-index formula would give an incorrect answer. For $a=\pm 1$ the sequence is one and every derivative vanishes, as the formula also shows.