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Zeta function factorisation, Dwork hypersurfaces, hypergeometric hypersurfaces

Number Theory 2009-12-10 v1

Abstract

Let Fq\mathbb{F}_q be a finite field with qq elements, ψ\psi a non-zero element of Fq\mathbb{F}_q, and nn an integer 3\geq 3 prime to qq. The aim of this article is to show that the zeta function of the projective variety over Fq\mathbb{F}_q defined by Xψ ⁣:x1n+...+xnnnψx1...xn=0X_\psi \colon x_1^n+...+x_n^n - n \psi x_1... x_n=0 has, when nn is prime and XψX_\psi is non singular (i.e. when ψn1\psi^n \neq 1), an explicit decomposition in factors coming from affine varieties of odd dimension n4\leq n-4 which are of hypergeometric type. The method we use consists in counting separately the number of points of XψX_\psi and of some varieties of the preceding type and then compare them. This article answers, at least when nn is prime, a question asked by D. Wan in his article "Mirror Symmetry for Zeta Functions".

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@article{arxiv.0912.1685,
  title  = {Zeta function factorisation, Dwork hypersurfaces, hypergeometric hypersurfaces},
  author = {Philippe Goutet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1685},
  year   = {2009}
}

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