The Newton series which interpolate finite multiple harmonic sums are useful in the study of multiple zeta values (MZV's). In this paper, we prove that these Newton series can be written as multiple series. As an application, we give a formula for MZV's which contains the duality.
We define and study the interpolated finite multiple harmonic $q$-series. A generating function of the sums of the interpolated finite multiple harmonic $q$-series with fixed weight, depth and $i$-height is computed. Some Ohno-Zagier type relation with corollaries and some evaluation formulas of the interpolated finite multiple harmonic $q$-series at roots of unity are given.
In this paper, we study the Newton polygons for the $L$-functions of $n$-variable generalized Kloosterman sums. Generally, the Newton polygon has a topological lower bound, called the Hodge polygon. In order to determine the Hodge polygon, we explicitly construct a basis of the top dimensional Dwork cohomology. Using Wan's decomposition theorem and diagonal local theory, we obtain when the Newton polygon coincides with the Hodge polygon. In particular, we concretely get the slope sequence for $L$-function of $\bar{F}(\barλ,x):=\sum_{i=1}^nx_i^{a_i}+\barλ\prod_{i=1}^nx_i^{-1}$.
The purpose of this paper is to construct p-adic analytically continued function which interpolates q-Euler numbers at negative integer Finally, we give an explicit p-adic expansion as a power series in n.
In this paper, we consider the following $(A, B)$-polynomial $f$ over finite field: $$f(x_0,x_1,\cdots,x_n)=x_0^Ah(x_1,\cdots,x_n)+g(x_1,\cdots,x_n)+P_B(1/x_0),$$ where $h$ is a Deligne polynomial of degree $d$, $g$ is an arbitrary polynomial of degree $< dB/(A+B)$ and $P_B(y)$ is a one-variable polynomial of degree $\le B$. Let $Δ$ be the Newton polyhedron of $f$ at infinity. We show that $Δ$ is generically ordinary if $p\equiv 1 \mod D$, where $D$ is a constant only determined by $Δ$. In other words, we prove that the Adolphson--Sperber conjecture is true for $Δ$.
In this article we study the behavior of Newton polygons along $\mathbb{Z}_p$-towers of curves. Fix an ordinary curve $X$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ of characteristic $p$. By a $\mathbb{Z}_p$-tower $X_\infty/X$ we mean a tower of covers $ \dots \to X_2 \to X_1 \to X$ with $\mathrm{Gal}(X_n/X) \cong \mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$. We show that if the ramification along the tower is sufficiently moderate, then the slopes of the Newton polygon of $X_n$ are equidistributed in the interval $[0,1]$ as $n$ tends to $\infty$. Under a stronger congruence assumption on the ramification invariants, we…
The purpose of this article is to study Newton polygons of certain abelian $L$-functions on curves. Let $X$ be a smooth affine curve over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and let $ρ:π_1(X) \to \mathbb{C}_p^\times$ be a finite character of order $p^n$. By previous work of the first author, the Newton polygon $\mathrm{NP}(ρ)$ lies above a `Hodge polygon' $\mathrm{HP}(ρ)$, which is defined using local ramification invariants of $ρ$. In this article we study the touching between these two polygons. We prove that $\mathrm{NP}(ρ)$ and $\mathrm{HP}(ρ)$ share a vertex if and only if a corresponding verte…
In this paper we construct a generating polynomial over the rationals for the generic Newton polygon for the L function of exponential sums of the family of f = x^d+ a x^s parameterized by a, and prove some of its key properties. The generating polynomial encodes information of and determines the generic Newton polygon at each prime p when p is large enough, and vice versa.
We study the $p$-adic absolute value of the roots of the $L$-functions associated to certain twisted character sums, and additive character sums associated to polynomials $P(x^d)$, when $P$ varies among the space of polynomial of fixed degree $e$ over a finite field of characteristic $p$. For sufficiently large $p$, we determine in both cases generic Newton polygons for these $L$-functions, which is a lower bound for the Newton polygons, and the set of polynomials of degree $e$ for which this generic polygon is attained. In the case of twisted sums, we show that the lower polygon defined in \c…
In this paper we give a modular interpretation of the $k$-th symmetric power $L$-function of the Kloosterman family of exponential sums in characteristics 2 and 3, and in the case of $p=2$ and $k$ odd give the precise 2-adic Newton polygon. We also give a $p$-adic modular interpretation of Dwork's unit root $L$-function of the Kloosterman family, and give the precise 2-adic Newton polygon when $k$ is odd. In a previous paper, we gave an estimate for the $q$-adic Newton polygon of the symmetric power $L$-function of the Kloosterman family when $p \geq 5$. We discuss how this restriction on prim…
Let $p$ be a prime number. Every $n$-variable polynomial $f(\underline x)$ over a finite field of characteristic $p$ defines an Artin--Schreier--Witt tower of varieties whose Galois group is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_p$. Our goal of this paper is to study the Newton polygon of the $L$-function associated to a finite character of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ and a generic polynomial whose convex hull is an $n$-dimensional paralleltope $Δ$. We denote this polygon by $\mathrm{GNP}(Δ)$. We prove a lower bound of $\mathrm{GNP}(Δ)$, which is called the improved Hodge polygon $\mathrm{IHP}(Δ)$. We show that $\math…
This expository paper is based on the author's series of lectures delivered at the January 1999 Mini-course in Number Theory, held at Sogang University (Seoul). The aim is to give an elementary and self-contained introduction to the theory of Newton polygons (namely, the $p$-adic Riemann hypothesis) for L-functions of exponential sums over a finite field. The main idea of our approach is to establish a suitable local to global principal which would allowus to reduce the harder ``global'' case to various easier well understood "local" cases for which Stickelberger's theorem applies. For this pu…
The purpose of this article is to prove a ``Newton over Hodge'' result for exponential sums on curves. Let $X$ be a smooth proper curve over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ of characteristic $p\geq 3$ and let $V \subset X$ be an affine curve. For a regular function $\overline{f}$ on $V$, we may form the $L$-function $L(\overline{f},V,s)$ associated to the exponential sums of $\overline{f}$. In this article, we prove a lower estimate on the Newton polygon of $L(\overline{f},V,s)$. The estimate depends on the local monodromy of $f$ around each point $x \in X-V$. This confirms a hope of Deligne tha…
Let p be a prime and let F_pbar be the algebraic closure of the finite field of p elements. Let f(x) be any one variable rational function over F_pbar with n poles of orders d_1, ...,d_n. Suppose p is coprime to d_i for every i. We prove that there exists a Hodge polygon, depending only on d_i's, which is a lower bound to the Newton polygon of L functions of exponential sums of f(x). Moreover, we show that these two polygons coincide if p=1 mod d_i for every i=1,...,n. As a corollary, we obtain a tight lower bound of Newton polygon of Artin-Schreier curve.
In this article, we use Robba's method to give an estimate of the Newton polygon for the L function on torus and we can draw the Newton polygon in some special cases.
Let $p$ be a prime number. Every two-variable polynomial $f(x_1, x_2)$ over a finite field of characteristic $p$ defines an Artin--Schreier--Witt tower of surfaces whose Galois group is isomorphic to $\mathbb Z_p$. Our goal of this paper is to study the Newton polygon of the $L$-functions associated to a finite character of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ and a generic polynomial whose convex hull is a fixed triangle $Δ$. We denote this polygon by $\textrm{GNP}(Δ)$. We prove a lower bound of $\textrm{GNP}(Δ)$, which we call the improved Hodge polygon $\textrm{IHP}(Δ)$, and we conjecture that $\textrm{GNP}(Δ)$ …
The twisted $T$-adic exponential sum associated to $x^{d}+λx$ is studied. If $λ\neq0,$ then an explicit arithmetic polygon is proved to be the Newton polygon of the twisted $C$-function of the T-adic exponential sum. It gives the Newton polygons of the $L$-functions of twisted $p$-power order exponential sums.
The twisted $T$-adic exponential sum associated to a polynomial in one variable is studied. An explicit arithmetic polygon is proved to be the generic Newton polygon of the twisted $C$-function of the T-adic exponential sum. It gives the generic Newton polygon of the twisted $L$-functions of $p^m$-power order exponential sums, for all $m$.
The $T$-adic exponential sum associated to a Laurent polynomial in one variable is studied. An explicit arithmetic polygon is proved to be the generic Newton polygon of the $C$-function of the T-adic exponential sum. It gives the generic Newton polygon of $L$-functions of $p$-power order exponential sums.
$T$-adic exponential sums associated to a Laurent polynomial $f$ are introduced. They interpolate all classical $p^m$-power order exponential sums associated to $f$. The Hodge bound for the Newton polygon of $L$-functions of $T$-adic exponential sums is established. This bound enables us to determine, for all $m$, the Newton polygons of $L$-functions of $p^m$-power order exponential sums associated to an $f$ which is ordinary for $m=1$. Deeper properties of $L$-functions of $T$-adic exponential sums are also studied. Along the way, new open problems about the $T$-adic exponential sum itself ar…
The $T$-adic exponential sum of a polynomial in one variable is studied. An explicit arithmetic polygon in terms of the highest two exponents of the polynomial is proved to be a lower bound of the Newton polygon of the $C$-function of the T-adic exponential sum. This bound gives lower bounds for the Newton polygon of the $L$-function of exponential sums of $p$-power order.
The local zeta functions (also called Igusa's zeta functions) over p-adic fields are connected with the number of solutions of congruences and exponential sums mod p^{m}. These zeta functions are defined as integrals over open and compact subsets with respect to the Haar measure. In this paper, we introduce new integrals defined over submanifolds, or more generally, over non-degenerate complete intersection varieties, and study their connections with some arithmetical problems such as estimation of exponential sums mod p^{m}. In particular we extend Igusa's method for estimating exponential su…
In this paper, we study various twisted A-harmonic sums, named following the seminal log-algebraicity papers of G. Anderson. These objects are partial sums of new types of special zeta values introduced by the first author and linked to certain rank one Drinfeld modules over Tate algebras in positive characteristic by Anglès, Tavares Ribeiro and the first author. We prove, by using techniques introduced by the second author, that various infinite families of such sums may be interpolated by polynomials, and we deduce, among several other results, properties of analogues of finite zeta values b…
In papers published in 1993 and 2004 Wan establishes a decomposition theory for the generic Newton polygon associated to a family of $L$-functions of $n$-dimensional exponential sums over finite fields. In this work we generalize the star, parallel hyperplane and collapsing decomposition, demonstrating that each is a generalization of a complete regular decomposition.
Generic Newton polygons for L-functions of exponential sums associated to Laurent polynomials in one variable are determined. The corresponding Hasse polynomials are also determined.
In this work we discuss a parameter $σ$ on weighted $k$-element multisets of $[n]= \{1,\dots ,n\}$. The sums of weighted $k$-multisets are related to $k$-subsets, $k$-multisets, as well as special instances of truncated interpolated multiple zeta values. We study properties of this parameter using symbolic combinatorics. We rederive and extend certain identities for $ζ^{t}_n(\{m\}_k)$. Moreover, we introduce random variables on the $k$-element multisets and derive their distributions, as well as limit laws for $k$ or $n$ tending to infinity.
The aim of this paper is to construct new Dedekind type sums. We construct generating functions of Barnes' type multiple Frobenius-Euler numbers and polynomials. By applying Mellin transformation to these functions, we define Barnes' type multiple l-functions, which interpolate Frobenius-Euler numbers at negative integers. By using generalizations of the Frobenius-Euler functions, we define generalized Dedekind type sums and prove corresponding reciprocity law. We also give twisted versions of the Frobenius-Euler polynomials and new Dedekind type sums and corresponding reciprocity law. Further…
Let P(x) be a one-variable Laurent polynomial of degree (d_1,d_2) over a finite field of characteristic p. For any fixed positive integer s not divisible by p, we prove that the (normalized) p-adic Newton polygon of the L-functions of exponential sums of P(x^s) has a tight lower bound which we call `Hodge-Stickelberger polygon', depending only on d_1,d_2,s, and (p mod s). This Hodge-Stickelberger polygon is a weighted convolution of a `Hodge polygon' for L-function of exponential sum of P(x) and the `Newton polygon' for L-function of exponential sum of x^s (given by the classical Stickelberger…
Let Delta be an integral convex polytope containing the origin of dimension n in the n-dim real space and it is simplicial at all origin-less facets. Let A(Delta) be the space of all Laurent polynomials f parametered by its coefficients supported on the interior of Delta with with prescribed vertices. In this paper we prove that, if the interior points of Delta and its vertices generate almost all integral points in the cone of Delta, then there is a Zariski dense open subset U in A(Delta) defined over the rationals such that for every f in U(bar{Q}) and for p large enough the Newton polygon o…
In this paper we define the $p$-density of a finite subset $D\subset\ma{N}^r$, and show that it gives a good lower bound for the $p$-adic valuation of exponential sums over finite fields of characteristic $p$. We also give an application: when $r=1$, the $p$-density is the first slope of the generic Newton polygon of the family of Artin-Schreier curves associated to polynomials with their exponents in $D$.
We prove that a Poisson-Newton formula, in a broad sense, is associated to each Dirichlet series with a meromorphic extension to the whole complex plane. These formulas simultaneously generalize the classical Poisson formula and Newton formulas for Newton sums. Classical Poisson formulas in Fourier analysis, classical summation formulas as Euler-McLaurin or Abel-Plana formulas, explicit formulas in number theory and Selberg trace formulas in Riemannian geometry appear as special cases of our general Poisson-Newton formula. We also associate to finite order meromorphic functions general Poisson…
The aim of this paper is to construct generating functions for some families of special finite sums with the aid of the Newton-Mercator series, hypergeometric series, and $p$-adic integral (the Volkenborn integral). By using these generating functions, their functional equations, and their partial derivative equations, many novel computational formulas involving the special finite sums of (inverse) binomial coefficients, the Bernoulli type polynomials and numbers, Euler polynomials and numbers, the Stirling numbers, the (alternating) harmonic numbers, the Leibnitz polynomials and others. Among…
By using the Newton interpolation formula, we generalize the recent identities on the Catalan triangle obtained by Miana and Romero as well as those of Chen and Chu. We further study divisibility properties of sums of products of binomial coefficients and an odd power of a natural number. For example, we prove that for all positive integers $n_1, ..., n_m$, $n_{m+1}=n_1$, and any nonnegative integer $r$, the expression $$n_1^{-1}{n_1+n_{m}\choose n_1}^{-1} \sum_{k=1}^{n_1}k^{2r+1}\prod_{i=1}^{m} {n_i+n_{i+1}\choose n_i+k}$$ is either an integer or a half-integer. Moreover, several related conj…
We prove a new class of relations among multiple zeta values (MZV's) which contains Ohno's relation. We also give the formula for the maximal number of independent MZV's of fixed weight, under our new relations. To derive our formula for MZV's we consider the Newton series whose values at non-negative integers are finite multiple harmonic sums.
This translation has been published in Stephen Hawking (ed.), "God Created the Integers", published in 2007 by Running Press. There may have been some changes to the final published version and this copy. This is a translation from the Latin original, "De summis serierum reciprocarum" (1735). E41 in the Enestrom index. In this paper Euler finds an exact expression for the sum of the squares of the reciprocals of the positive integers, namely pi^2/6. He shows this by applying Newton's identities relating the roots and coefficients of polynomials to the power series of the sine function. Indeed,…