On Euler systems for motives and Heegner points

Abstract

We formulate an Iwasawa main conjecture for a higher rank Euler system for a general motive. We prove “one half" of the main conjecture under mild hypotheses. We also formu- late a conjecture on “Darmon-type derivatives" of Euler systems and give an application to the Tamagawa number conjecture. Lastly, we specialize our general framework to the setting of Heegner points and give a natural interpretation of the Heegner point main conjecture in terms of rank two Euler systems.