The zeta-function of a p-adic manifold, Dwork theory for physicists

DOI10.4310/CNTP.2007.V1.N3.A2zbMATH Open1178.14022arXiv0705.2056OpenAlexW2963574416MaRDI QIDQ843073FDOQ843073

Authors: Xenia De La Ossa, Philip Candelas 

Publication date: 29 September 2009

Published in: Communications in Number Theory and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article we review the observation, due originally to Dwork, that the zeta-function of an arithmetic variety, defined originally over the field with p elements, is a superdeterminant. We review this observation in the context of a one parameter family of quintic threefolds, and study the zeta-function as a function of the parameter phi. Owing to cancellations, the superdeterminant of an infinite matrix reduces to the (ordinary) determinant of a finite matrix, U(phi), corresponding to the action of the Frobenius map on certain cohomology groups. The parameter-dependence of U(phi) is given by a relation U(phi)=E^{-1}(phi^p)U(0)E(phi) with E(phi) a Wronskian matrix formed from the periods of the manifold. The periods are defined by series that converge for $|phi{|}_p<1$. The values of phi that are of interest are those for which phi^p = phi so, for nonzero phi, we have |vph|_p=1. We explain how the process of p-adic analytic continuation applies to this case. The matrix U(phi) breaks up into submatrices of rank 4 and rank 2 and we are able from this perspective to explain some of the observations that have been made previously by numerical calculation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2056

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zbMATH Keywords

zeta functionsthreefoldsp-adic fieldsDwork cohomology

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)

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