ON LINEAR COMBINATIONS OF <i>p</i>-ADIC INTERPOLATING FUNCTIONS FOR THE EULER NUMBERS (Q4521024)

The \(n\)th Euler number \(H^n(u)\), where \(u\) is a parameter, is defined by \[ \frac{1-u}{e^t-u}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{H^n(u)}{n!}t^n. \] Let \(p\) be a prime number and \(u\) an algebraic number such that \(\left|1-u^{p^k}\right|_p\geq 1\) for any natural \(k\). \textit{K. Shiratani} and \textit{S. Yamamoto} [Mem. Fac. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Ser. A 39, 113-125 (1985; Zbl 0574.12017)] constructed such a \(p\)-adic analytic function \(G_p(s,u)\), \(s\in \mathbb Z_p\), so that \[ G_p(-n,u)=\frac{u}{1-u}H^n(u)-p^n\frac{u^p}{1-u^p}H^n(u^p) \] for any integer \(n\geq 0\), \(n\equiv 0\pmod e\), \(e=p-1\) or \(e=2\) accordingly as \(p\geq 3\) or \(p=2\). The author studies finite linear combinations \(\sum \alpha_iG_p(s,u_i)\) and finds \(\mu\)-invariants and radii of convergence of their Taylor expansions. The class of functions represented as such linear combinations includes the Kubota-Leopoldt \(p\)-adic \(L\)-function and certain linear combinations of higher-order Dedekind sums.