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An algorithm of computing special values of Dwork's p-adic hypergeometric functions in polynomial time

Number Theory 2020-03-09 v3

Abstract

Dwork's pp-adic hypergeometric function is defined to be a ratio sFs1(t)/sFs1(tp){}_sF_{s-1}(t)/{}_sF_{s-1}(t^p) of hypergeometric power series. Dwork showed that it is a uniform limit of rational functions, and hence one can define special values on tp=1|t|_p=1. However to compute the value modulo pnp^n in the naive method, the bit complexity increases by exponential when nn\to\infty. In this paper we present a certain algorithm whose complexity increases at most O(n4(logn)3)O(n^4(\log n)^3).

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@article{arxiv.1909.02700,
  title  = {An algorithm of computing special values of Dwork's p-adic hypergeometric functions in polynomial time},
  author = {Masanori Asakura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02700},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

38 pages, Introduction is revised

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