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Linear independence of values of G-functions, II. Outside the disk of convergence

Number Theory 2025-07-14 v1

Abstract

Given any non-polynomial GG-function F(z)=k=0AkzkF(z)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty A_k z^k of radius of convergence RR and in the kernel a GG-operator LFL_F, we consider the GG-functions Fn[s](z)=k=0Ak(k+n)szkF_n^{[s]}(z)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{A_k}{(k+n)^s}z^k for every integers s0s\ge 0 and n1n\ge 1. These functions can be analytically continued to a domain DF\mathcal{D}_F star-shaped at 00 and containing the disk {z<R}\{\vert z\vert <R\}. Fix any αDFQ\alpha \in\mathcal D_F \cap \overline{\mathbb{Q}}^*, not a singularity of LFL_F, and any number field K\mathbb{K} containing α\alpha and the AkA_k's. Let Φα,S\Phi_{\alpha, S} be the K\mathbb{K}-vector space spanned by the values Fn[s](α)F_n^{[s]}(\alpha), n1n\ge 1 and 0sS0\le s\le S. We prove that uK,Flog(S)dimK(Φα,S)vFSu_{\mathbb{K},F}\log(S)\le \dim_\mathbb{K}(\Phi_{\alpha, S })\le v_FS for any SS, for some constants uK,F>0u_{\mathbb{K},F}>0 and vF>0v_F>0. This appears to be the first Diophantine result for values of GG-functions evaluated outside their disk of convergence. This theorem encompasses a previous result of the authors in [{\em Linear independence of values of G-functions}, 46 pages, J. Europ. Math. Soc., to appear], where αQ\alpha\in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}^* was assumed to be such that α<R\vert \alpha\vert <R. Its proof relies on an explicit construction of a Pad\'e approximation problem adapted to certain non-holomorphic functions associated to FF, and it is quite different of that in the above mentioned paper. It makes use of results of Andr\'e, Chudnovsky and Katz on GG-operators, of a linear independence criterion \`a la Siegel over number fields, and of a far reaching generalization of Shidlovsky's lemma built upon the approach of Bertrand-Beukers and Bertrand.

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@article{arxiv.1811.08758,
  title  = {Linear independence of values of G-functions, II. Outside the disk of convergence},
  author = {Stéphane Fischler and Tanguy Rivoal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.08758},
  year   = {2025}
}