- Research Article
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- 10.1023/a:1015827602930
Integrality of Power Expansions Related to Hypergeometric Series
- May 01, 2002
- Mathematical Notes
- V V Zudilin
In the present paper, we study the arithmetic properties of power expansions related to generalized hypergeometric differential equations and series. Defining the series f(z),g(z) in powers of z so that f(z) and \(f\left( z \right)\log z + g\left( z \right)\) satisfy a hypergeometric equation under a special choice of parameters, we prove that the series \(q\left( z \right) = ze^{{{g\left( {Cz} \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{g\left( {Cz} \right)} {f\left( {Cz} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f\left( {Cz} \right)}}}\) in powers of z and its inversion z(q) in powers of q have integer coefficients (here the constant C depends on the parameters of the hypergeometric equation). The existence of an integral expansion z(q) for differential equations of second and third order is a classical result; for orders higher than 3 some partial results were recently established by Lian and Yau. In our proof we generalize the scheme of their arguments by using Dwork's p-adic technique.
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