Zeroes of $L$-series in characteristic $p$
| dc.creator | Goss, David | |
| dc.date | 2006-01-30 | |
| dc.date | 2006-02-03 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:59:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:59:27Z | |
| dc.description | In the classical theory of $L$-series, the exact order (of zero) at a trivial zero is easily computed via the functional equation. In the characteristic $p$ theory, it has long been known that a functional equation of classical $s\mapsto 1-s$ type could not exist. In fact, there exist trivial zeroes whose order of zero is ``too high;'' we call such trivial zeroes ``non-classical.'' This class of trivial zeroes was originally studied by Dinesh Thakur \cite{th2} and quite recently, Javier Diaz-Vargas \cite{dv2}. In the examples computed it was found that these non-classical trivial zeroes were correlated with integers having {\it bounded} sum of $p$-adic coefficients. In this paper we present a general conjecture along these lines and explain how this conjecture fits in with previous work on the zeroes of such characteristic $p$ functions. In particular, a solution to this conjecture might entail finding the ``correct'' functional equations in finite characteristic. | |
| dc.description | For a volume in honor of the 300-th birthday of Leonhard Euler. (The current version is a little cleaner and has a new reference to a result of Thakur in support of the main conjecture of the paper.) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601717 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601717 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107752 | |
| dc.subject | Number Theory | |
| dc.subject | Algebraic Geometry | |
| dc.subject | 11M38 | |
| dc.title | Zeroes of $L$-series in characteristic $p$ | |
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