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Irrationality of some p-adic L-values

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We give a proof of the irrationality of the pp-adic zeta-values ζp(k)\zeta_p(k) for p=2,3p=2,3 and k=2,3k=2,3. Such results were recently obtained by F.Calegari as an application of overconvergent pp-adic modular forms. In this paper we present an approach using classical continued fractions discovered by Stieltjes. In addition we show irrationality of some other pp-adic LL-series values, and values of the pp-adic Hurwitz zeta-function.

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@article{arxiv.math/0603277,
  title  = {Irrationality of some p-adic L-values},
  author = {F. Beukers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0603277},
  year   = {2007}
}
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