Periods of \(t\)-modules as special values (Q2055941)

This paper deals with independence of periods of \(t\)-modules, which is of great interest in positive characteristic. The most prominent period, the Carlitz period \(\tilde\pi\), is the function field analog of the complex number \(2\pi i\). We have that \(\tilde\pi\) is transcendental over a global function field \(K\). It turns out that proving algebraic independence of periods has been very useful. Let \(E\) be a uniformizable abelian \(t\)-module over \(K\), a finite extension of \({\mathbb F}_q(\theta)\), of dimension \(d\) and rank \(r\). In this paper, it is shown that all periods of uniformizable \(t\)-modules can be obtained via specializing a rigid analytic trivialization of a related dual \(t\)-motive at \(t= \theta\). For the proof, the central object in the construction is a subset \(H\) of the Tate-algebra points of \(E\), which is isomorphic to the period lattice of \(E\) via kind of generating series in one direction and residues in the other. The isomorphism holds for arbitrary \(t\)-modules \(E\). The main result states that all periods of uniformizable abelian \(t\)-modules can be obtained as the entries of a matrix \(\Psi^{-1}(\theta)=\Psi(\theta)^{-1}\) of a related dual \(t\)-motive.