Zeta function factorisation, Dwork hypersurfaces, hypergeometric hypersurfaces

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Authors Philippe Goutet

Publication date 9 December 2009

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Varieties over finite and local fields (11G25) Zeta functions and related questions in algebraic geometry (e.g., Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) (14G10) Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G15)

Abstract: Let $mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field with $q$ elements, $psi$ a non-zero element of $mathbb{F}_q$, and $n$ an integer $geq3$ prime to $q$. The aim of this article is to show that the zeta function of the projective variety over $mathbb{F}_q$ defined by $X_{p}sicolon{x}_1^n+\mathrm{...}+x_n^n-npsi{x}_1\mathrm{...}{x}_n=0$ has, when $n$ is prime and $X_{p}si$ is non singular (i.e. when $ps{i}^{n}eq1$), an explicit decomposition in factors coming from affine varieties of odd dimension $leqn-4$ which are of hypergeometric type. The method we use consists in counting separately the number of points of $X_{p}si$ and of some varieties of the preceding type and then compare them. This article answers, at least when $n$ is prime, a question asked by D. Wan in his article "Mirror Symmetry for Zeta Functions".

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