A whipple _7F₆ formula revisited

DOI10.1007/S44007-021-00015-6zbMATH Open1490.11050arXiv2103.08858OpenAlexW4210913576MaRDI QIDQ2153131FDOQ2153131

Authors: Ling Long, Fang-Ting Tu, Wen-Ching Winnie Li 

Publication date: 1 July 2022

Published in: La Matematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A well-known formula of Whipple relates certain hypergeometric values ${}_7{F}_6(1)$ and ${}_4{F}_3(1)$. In this paper we revisit this relation from the viewpoint of the underlying hypergeometric data $HD$, to which there are also associated hypergeometric character sums and Galois representations. We explain a special structure behind Whipple's formula when the hypergeometric data $HD$ are primitive and self-dual. If the data are also defined over $mathbbQ$, by the work of Katz, Beukers, Cohen, and Mellit, there are compatible families of $ell$-adic representations of the absolute Galois group of $mathbbQ$ attached to $HD$. For specialized choices of $HD$, these Galois representations are shown to be decomposable and automorphic. As a consequence, the values of the corresponding hypergeometric character sums can be explicitly expressed in terms of Fourier coefficients of certain modular forms. We further relate the hypergeometric values ${}_7{F}_6(1)$ in Whipple's formula to the periods of these modular forms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.08858

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zbMATH Keywords

hypergeometric functionsGalois representations and modular formshypergeometric character sumsWhipple's \(_7F_6\) formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized hypergeometric series, ({}_pF_q) (33C20) Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) Galois representations (11F80) Special values of automorphic (L)-series, periods of automorphic forms, cohomology, modular symbols (11F67) Other character sums and Gauss sums (11T24)

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