First coniveau notch of the Dwork family and its mirror

Abstract: If

X_{l a m b d a}

is a smooth member of the Dwork family over a perfect field

k

, and

Y_{l a m b d a}

is its mirror variety, then the motives of

X_{l a m b d a}

and

Y_{l a m b d a}

are equal up to motives that are in coniveau

g e q 1

. If

k

is a finite field, this provides a motivic explanation for Wan's congruence between the zeta functions of

X_{l a m b d a}

and

Y_{l a m b d a}

.

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