On unit root formulas for toric exponential sums

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Abstract: Starting from a classical generating series for Bessel functions due to Schlomilch, we use Dwork's relative dual theory to broadly generalize unit-root results of Dwork on Kloosterman sums and Sperber on hyperkloosterman sums. In particular, we express the (unique) p-adic unit root of an arbitrary exponential sum on the torus in terms of special values of the p-adic analytic continuation of a ratio of A-hypergeometric functions. In contrast with the earlier works, we use noncohomological methods and obtain results that are valid for arbitrary exponential sums without any hypothesis of nondegeneracy.


The main result generalises the unit root results of Dwork on Kloosterman sums. Let \(A\subset {\mathbb Z}^n\) be a finite subset that spans \({\mathbb R}^n\) and set \(f_\Lambda(X)=\sum_{a\;\text{in}\;A}\Lambda_aX^a\) be a Laurent polynomial in \(X=(X_1,\ldots,x_n)\). Let \({\mathbb F}_q\) be the finite field of \(q=p^\epsilon\) elements. Fix a non-trivial additive character \(\Theta:{\mathbb F}_q\rightarrow{\mathbb Q}_p(\zeta_p)\) and let \(\Theta_{\overline\lambda}=\Theta\cdot\text{Tr}_{{\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda)/{\mathbb F}_q}\) be the induced additive character of \({\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda)\). For each positive integer \(l\), let \({\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda,l)\) denote the extension of degree \(l\) of \({\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda)\) and define the exponential sum \[CARRIAGE_RETURN S_l=S_l(f_{\overline\lambda},\Theta_{\overline\lambda},{\mathbb T}^n)=\sum_{x\;\text{in}\;{\mathbb T}^n({\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda,l))}\Theta_{\overline\lambda}\cdot\text{Tr}_{{\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda,l)/{\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda)}(f_{\overline\lambda}(x))CARRIAGE_RETURN \] where the sum runs over the \(n\)-torus \({\mathbb T}^n\) over \({\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda)\). The associated \(L\)-function, \(L(f_{\overline\lambda}; T)\) is in \({\mathbb Q}(\zeta_p)(T)\) and its reciprocal zees and poles are algebraic integers. By the Dwork trace formula, just one of the reciprocal zeros and poles is a \(p\)-adic unit and it is one of the reciprocal zeros of \(L(f_{\overline\lambda}; T)^{(-1)^{n+1}}\). Denote this unit root by \(u(\overline\lambda)\). The goal is an explicit \(p\)-adic analytic formula for \(u(\overline\lambda)\). Write \(\exp f_\Lambda(x)=\prod_{a\;\text{in} A}\exp(\Lambda_aX^a)=\sum_{i\;\text{in}\;{\mathbb Z}^n}F_i(\Lambda)X^i\) so that \[CARRIAGE_RETURN F_i(\Lambda)=\sum_{_{\substack{ u=(u_a)\\ \sum u_aa=i}}}{\Lambda^u\over\prod_au_a!.}CARRIAGE_RETURN \] Fix \(\pi\) such that \(\pi^{p-1}=-p\) and \(\Theta(1)\equiv\pi\bmod\pi^2\). The \(F_i(\pi\Lambda)\) converge \(p\)-adically for \(\Lambda\) with \(|\Lambda_a|<1\) for all \(a\). Set \({\mathcal F}(\Lambda)=F_0(\pi\Lambda)/F_0(\pi\Lambda^p)\). The main result of the paper is that \({\mathcal F}(\Lambda))\) converges \(p\)-adically for \(|\Lambda_a|\leq1\) for all \(a\) and the unit root is given by \[CARRIAGE_RETURN u(\overline\lambda)={\mathcal F}(\lambda){\mathcal F}(\lambda^p){\mathcal F}(\lambda^{p^2})\cdots{\mathcal F}(\lambda^{p^{\epsilon d(\overline\lambda)-1}})CARRIAGE_RETURN \] where \(\lambda\) denotes the Teichmüller lifting of \(\overline\lambda\) and \(d(\overline\lambda)=[{\mathbb F}_q(\overline\lambda):{\mathbb F}_q]\).











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