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We compute the \'etale $\mathbb{G}_m$-cohomology of some $p$-adic rigid analytic Stein spaces. The computation is done by considering the filtration induced by the subgroup of principal units $U=1+ \mathfrak{m} \mathcal{O}^+$ of…
We construct sequences $\{a_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\in\{-1,1\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ with small values of signed harmonic sums \[ \sum_{n\in\mathcal{A}\cap[1,N]}\frac{a_n}{n}, \] for any reasonably dense subsets $\mathcal{A}\subset\mathbb{N}.$ We…
Let $p$ be an odd prime, let $n\ge2$, and let the $n$th Chebyshev polynomial $T_n$ act on $\Z/p^k\Z$. We count fixed and exact-periodic points, allowing non-permutation degrees, and organize the finite-field formulas by the two source…
For a non-integral real number $c>1$, let $\mathbb{N}_{(c)}:=\{\lfloor n^c\rfloor ~|~ n\in\mathbb{N}\}$. We show that $\mathbb{N}_{(c)}$ contains thin subbases of every order $h\geq 5$ when $1<c<2$, and $h\geq (\lfloor 2c\rfloor+1)(\lfloor…
Consider an algebraic function like $F(x) = \sqrt{x^3 - 1}$. If $p \in \mathbb{Q}$ is a rational number, how many iterates of $p$ under $F$ can also be rational? The dynamics of algebraic functions may be formalized in the language of…
In this paper, we establish a relationship between special periods and special L-values of automorphic representations of classical groups, and prove the non-tempered global Gan--Gross--Prasad conjecture in several cases. Our approach…
Let $N, p \geq 5$ be primes such that $N \equiv 1 \bmod p$. We study the rank $r$ of the Hecke algebra that parametrizes modular forms of weight 2 and level $N$ that are Eisenstein modulo $p$. When $r$ is $2$ or $3$, we prove that $r-1$…
Bag and Shparlinski \cite{BaSh} considered bilinear sums of terms of the form $e_p(axy^s)$, where $p$ is a prime, $a$ is an integer coprime to $p$, $s$ is an integer, $x$ runs over a subset of $\mathbb{F}_p^{\ast}$ and $y$ runs over an…
We prove that the symmetric-cube coefficients $A_n=(-27)^n[z^n]\,_2F_1(1/3,1/3;1;z)^3$ satisfy the supercongruence $A(mp)\equiv A(m) \bmod p^4$ for every prime $p\geq 5$ and every $m\geq 1$. The proof rests on three ingredients: (i) the…
Representative examples of our results are as follows. For any positive integer $N$ the equation $$ x^3+y^3=z^3+t^3, \quad x,y,z,t\in \mathbb{N}, \quad \{x,y\}\not=\{z,t\} $$ has no solutions satisfying $$ N\le x,y,z,t <…
We study arithmetic progressions of squares over quadratic extensions of number fields. Using a method inspired by an approach of Mordell, we characterize such progressions as quadratic points on a genus $5$ curve. Specifically, we…
Let $C$ be a curve defined over a number field $K$. A point $P\in C(\overline{\mathbb{Q}})$ is called $K$-quadratic if $[K(P):K]=2$. Let $K$ be a number field such that the rank of the elliptic curves $E_1:\,y^2= x^3 + 4x$ and $E_2:\,y^2=…
Let $r$ be a non-zero rational number. In a paper in the Transactions of the AMS in 2023, O'Desky and Richman gave a construction of a $p$-adic incomplete gamma-function $\Gamma_p(\cdot,r)$ for each prime $p$ for which $|r - 1|_p < 1$.…
We introduce a new type of $p$-adic hypergeometric functions, which are generalizations of $p$-adic hypergeometric functions of logarithmic type defined by Asakura, and show that these functions satisfy the congruence relations similar to…
Standard prime-number counting functions, such as $\psi(x)$, $\theta(x)$, and $\pi(x)$, have error terms with limiting logarithmic distributions once suitably normalized. The same is true of weighted versions of those sums, like $\pi_r(x) =…
Using ideas from the geometry of compression, we improve on the current upper and lower bounds of the Heilbronn triangle problem. In particular, let $\Delta(s)$ denote the minimal area of the triangle induced by $s$ points on a unit disk.…
By a theorem of Strassmann, a non-zero convergent power series in one variable over a complete non-Archimedean field has finitely many zeros, with an explicit bound on their number. We generalize this result to convergent power series in…
It is shown that any number of distinct primitive $\mathrm{GL}(1)$ and $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ $L$-functions can simultaneously attain large values on the critical line. This is an unconditional improvement of a general result due to Heap and Li…
Let $B$ be a central simple algebra of degree 3 over a number field $F$ and $K/F$ be a finite extension of degree 3. For an order $S$ of $K$, we determine exactly when $S$ cannot be optimally embedded into all maximal orders of $B$.…
This is an updated version of the lectures notes for a course on condensed mathematics taught in the summer term 2019 at the University of Bonn. The material presented is joint work with Dustin Clausen. This is intended as a stable citable…