We show that for a monic polynomial $f(x)$ over a number field $K$ containing a global permutation polynomial of degree $>1$ as its composition factor, the Newton Polygon of $fmodmathfrak p$ does not converge for $mathfrak p$ passing through all finite places of $K$. In the rational number field case, our result is the only if part of a conjecture of Wan about limiting Newton polygons.
In this paper, we consider the following $(A, B)$-polynomial $f$ over finite field: $$f(x_0,x_1,cdots,x_n)=x_0^Ah(x_1,cdots,x_n)+g(x_1,cdots,x_n)+P_B(1/x_0),$$ where $h$ is a Deligne polynomial of degree $d$, $g$ is an arbitrary polynomial of degree $< dB/(A+B)$ and $P_B(y)$ is a one-variable polynomial of degree $le B$. Let $Delta$ be the Newton polyhedron of $f$ at infinity. We show that $Delta$ is generically ordinary if $pequiv 1 mod D$, where $D$ is a constant only determined by $Delta$. In other words, we prove that the Adolphson--Sperber conjecture is true for $Delta$.
A conjecture of Le says that the Deligne polytope $Delta_d$ is generically ordinary if $pequiv 1 (!!bmod D(Delta_d))$, where $D(Delta_d)$ is a combinatorial constant determined by $Delta_d$. In this paper a counterexample is given to show that the conjecture is not true in general.
In this paper, we study the Newton polygons for the $L$-functions of $n$-variable generalized Kloosterman sums. Generally, the Newton polygon has a topological lower bound, called the Hodge polygon. In order to determine the Hodge polygon, we explicitly construct a basis of the top dimensional Dwork cohomology. Using Wans decomposition theorem and diagonal local theory, we obtain when the Newton polygon coincides with the Hodge polygon. In particular, we concretely get the slope sequence for $L$-function of $bar{F}(bar{lambda},x):=sum_{i=1}^nx_i^{a_i}+bar{lambda}prod_{i=1}^nx_i^{-1}$.
Let $X_0^{star}(k,n,s)$ denote the sum of all multiple zeta-star values of weight $k$, depth $n$ and height $s$. Kaneko and Ohno conjecture that for any positive integers $m,n,s$ with $m,ngeqslant s$, the difference $(-1)^mX_0^{star}(m+n+1,n+1,s)-(-1)^nX_0^{star}(m+n+1,m+1,s)$ can be expressed as a polynomial of zeta values with rational coefficients. We give a proof of this conjecture in this paper.
It is well known that for any prime $pequiv 3$ (mod $4$), the class numbers of the quadratic fields $mathbb{Q}(sqrt{p})$ and $mathbb{Q}(sqrt{-p})$, $h(p)$ and $h(-p)$ respectively, are odd. It is natural to ask whether there is a formula for $h(p)/h(-p)$ modulo powers of $2$. We show the formula $h(p) equiv h(-p) m(p)$ (mod $16$), where $m(p)$ is an integer defined using the negative continued fraction expansion of $sqrt{p}$. Our result solves a conjecture of Richard Guy.