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Maximal Unipotent Monodromy, congruences "\`a la Lucas" and Algebraic independence

Number Theory 2023-02-10 v2

Abstract

Let f(z)f(z) be in 1+zQ[[z]]1+z\mathbb{Q}[[z]] and S\mathcal{S} be an infinite set of prime numbers such that, for all pSp\in\mathcal{S}, we can reduce f(z)f(z) modulo pp. We let f(z)pf(z)_{\mid p} denote the reduction of f(z)f(z) modulo pp. Generally, when f(z)f(z) is D-finite, f(z)pf(z)_{\mid p} is algebraic over Fp(z)\mathbb{F}_p(z). It turns out that if f(z)f(z) is a solution of a polynomial of the form XAp(z)XplX-A_p(z)X^{p^l}, we can use this type of equations to obtain results of transcendence and algebraic independence over Q(z)\mathbb{Q}(z). In the present paper, we look for conditions on the differential operators annihilating f(z)f(z) to guarantee the existence of these particular equations. Suppose that f(z)f(z) is solution of a differential operator HQ(z)[d/dz]\mathcal{H}\in\mathbb{Q}(z)[d/dz] having a strong Frobenius structure for all pSp\in\mathcal{S} and we also suppose that f(z)f(z) annihilates a Fuchsian differential operator DQ(z)[d/dz]\mathcal{D}\in\mathbb{Q}(z)[d/dz] such that zero is a regular singular point of D\mathcal{D} and the exponents of D\mathcal{D} at zero are equal to zero. Our main result states that, for almost every prime pSp\in\mathcal{S}, f(z)pf(z)_{\mid p} is solution of a polynomial of the form XAp(z)XplX-A_p(z)X^{p^l}, where Ap(z)A_p(z) is a rational function with coefficients in Fp\mathbb{F}_p of height less than or equal to Cp2lCp^{2l} with CC a positive constant that does not depend on pp. We also study the algebraic independence of these power series over Q(z)\mathbb{Q}(z).

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@article{arxiv.2103.15192,
  title  = {Maximal Unipotent Monodromy, congruences "\`a la Lucas" and Algebraic independence},
  author = {Daniel Vargas Montoya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.15192},
  year   = {2023}
}

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