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Algebraicity modulo p of generalized hypergeometric series $_nF_{n-1}$

Number Theory 2023-11-06 v3

Abstract

Let f(z)=nFn1(α,β)f(z)={}_nF_{n-1}(\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}) be the hypergeometric series with parameters α=(α1,,αn)\mathbf{\alpha} = (\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n) and β=(β1,,βn1,1)\mathbf{\beta} = (\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_{n-1},1) in (Q(0,1])n(\mathbb{Q}\cap(0,1])^n, let dα,βd_{\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}} be the least common multiple of the denominators of α1,,αn\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n, β1,,βn1\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_{n-1} written in lowest form and let pp be a prime number such that pp does not divide dα,βd_{\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}} and f(z)Z(p)[[z]]f(z)\in\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}[[z]]. Recently in \cite{vmsff}, it was shown that if for all i,j{1,,n}i,j\in\{1,\ldots,n\}, αiβjZ\alpha_i-\beta_j\notin\mathbb{Z} then the reduction of f(z)f(z) modulo pp is algebraic over Fp(z)\mathbb{F}_p(z). A standard way to measure the complexity of an algebraic power series is to estimate its degree and its height. In this work, we prove that if p>2dα,βp>2d_{\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}} then there is a nonzero polynomial Pp(Y)Fp(z)[Y]P_p(Y)\in\mathbb{F}_p(z)[Y] having degree at most p2nφ(dα,β)p^{2^n\varphi(d_{\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}})} and height at most 5n(n+1)!p2nφ(dα,β)5^n(n+1)!p^{2^{n}\varphi({d_{\mathbf{\alpha},\mathbf{\beta}})}} such that Pp(f(z)modp)=0P_p(f(z)\bmod p)=0, where φ\varphi is the Euler's totient function. Furthermore, our method of proof provides us a way to make an explicit construction of the polynomial Pp(Y)P_p(Y). We illustrate this construction by applying it to some explicit hypergeometric series.

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@article{arxiv.2204.13504,
  title  = {Algebraicity modulo p of generalized hypergeometric series $_nF_{n-1}$},
  author = {Daniel Vargas Montoya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.13504},
  year   = {2023}
}