Hodge properties of Airy moments (Q6168318)

Families of cubic exponential sums attached to the polynomial \(x^3+zx\) in \(x\) over finite fields and their symmetric power moments over \(z\) (Airy moments) have been considered in analogy with moments of Kloosterman sums. For Airy moments, Hodge theory can be developed in the context of arithmetic Hodge structure in the sense of Anderson. In the present paper, the authors consider the complex analogues of symmetric power moments of cubic exponential sums. These are symmetric powers of the classical Airy differential equation. They show that the corresponding de Rham cohomologies underlie an arithmetic Hodge structure in the sense of Anderson and they compute their Hodge numbers by means of the irregular Hodge filtration, which is indexed by rational numbers, on their realizations as exponential mixed Hodge structures. The main result is that all Hodge numbers are either zero or one.