Many $p$-adic odd zeta values are irrational

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Main Authors: Lai, Li, Sprang, Johannes
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Published: 2023
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author Lai, Li
Sprang, Johannes
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Sprang, Johannes
contents For any prime $p$ and $\varepsilon>0$ we prove that for any sufficiently large positive odd integer $s$ at least $(c_p-\varepsilon) \sqrt{\frac{s}{\log s}}$ of the $p$-adic zeta values $ζ_p(3),ζ_p(5),\dots,ζ_p(s)$ are irrational. The constant $c_p$ is positive and does only depend on $p$. This result establishes a $p$-adic version of the elimination technique used by Fischler--Sprang--Zudilin and Lai--Yu to prove a similar result on classical zeta values. The main difficulty consists in proving the non-vanishing of the resulting linear forms. We overcome this problem by using a new irrationality criterion.
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spellingShingle Many $p$-adic odd zeta values are irrational
Lai, Li
Sprang, Johannes
Number Theory
11J72 (Primary) 11F85, 11M06 (Secondary)
For any prime $p$ and $\varepsilon>0$ we prove that for any sufficiently large positive odd integer $s$ at least $(c_p-\varepsilon) \sqrt{\frac{s}{\log s}}$ of the $p$-adic zeta values $ζ_p(3),ζ_p(5),\dots,ζ_p(s)$ are irrational. The constant $c_p$ is positive and does only depend on $p$. This result establishes a $p$-adic version of the elimination technique used by Fischler--Sprang--Zudilin and Lai--Yu to prove a similar result on classical zeta values. The main difficulty consists in proving the non-vanishing of the resulting linear forms. We overcome this problem by using a new irrationality criterion.
title Many $p$-adic odd zeta values are irrational
topic Number Theory
11J72 (Primary) 11F85, 11M06 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10393