On the Newton polygons of twisted \(L\)-functions of binomials (Q2123313)

Let \(\chi\) be an order \(c\) multiplicative character of a finite field and \(f(x) = x^d + \lambda x^e\) a binomial with \((d, e) = 1\). The author studies the twisted classical and \(T\)-adic Newton polygons of \(f\). Several special cases have already been considered and established in the literature. In the present paper, when \(p > (d-e)(2d-1)\), the author gives an explicit lower bound of Newton polygons and shows that they coincide if \(p\) does not divide a certain integral constant depending on \(p \bmod cd\). It is conjectured that this condition holds if \(p\) is large enough with respect to \(c, d\). The conjecture is shown for the case \(e = d-1\).