On the linear independence of $p$-adic $L$-functions modulo $p$
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 60 (2010) no. 5, p. 1831-1855

Let $p\ge 3$ be a prime. Let $n\in ℕ$ such that $n\ge 1$, let ${\chi }_{1},...,{\chi }_{n}$ be characters of conductor $d$ not divided by $p$ and let $\omega$ be the Teichmüller character. For all $i$ between $1$ and $n$, for all $j$ between $0$ and $\left(p-3\right)/2$, set

${\theta }_{i,j}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}{\chi }_{i}{\omega }^{2j+1}\hfill & \phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\text{if}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\chi }_{i}\phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\mathrm{is}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\mathrm{odd};\hfill \\ {\chi }_{i}{\omega }^{2j}\hfill & \phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\text{if}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\chi }_{i}\phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\mathrm{is}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\mathrm{even}.\hfill \end{array}\right\$

Let $K={ℚ}_{p}\left({\chi }_{1},...,{\chi }_{n}\right)$ and let $\pi$ be a prime of the valuation ring ${𝒪}_{K}$ of $K$. For all $i,j$ let $f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)$ be the Iwasawa series associated to ${\theta }_{i,j}$ and $\overline{f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)}$ its reduction modulo $\left(\pi \right)$. Finally let $\overline{{𝔽}_{p}}$ be an algebraic closure of ${𝔽}_{p}$. Our main result is that if the characters ${\chi }_{i}$ are all distinct modulo $\left(\pi \right)$, then $1$ and the series $\overline{f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)}$ are linearly independent over a certain field $\Omega$ that contains $\overline{{𝔽}_{p}}\left(T\right)$.

Soit $p\ge 3$ un nombre premier. Soit $n\in ℕ$ tel que $n\ge 1$, soient ${\chi }_{1},...,{\chi }_{n}$ des caractères de conducteur $d$ premier à $p$ ; notons $\omega$ le caractère de Teichmüller. Pour tout $i$ entre $1$ et $n$ et pour tout $j$ entre $0$ et $\left(p-3\right)/2$, on pose

${\theta }_{i,j}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}{\chi }_{i}{\omega }^{2j+1}\hfill & \phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\text{si}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\chi }_{i}\phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\mathrm{est}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\mathrm{impair}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}};\hfill \\ {\chi }_{i}{\omega }^{2j}\hfill & \phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\text{si}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\chi }_{i}\phantom{\rule{0.277778em}{0ex}}\mathrm{est}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\mathrm{pair}.\hfill \end{array}\right\$

Soit $K={ℚ}_{p}\left({\chi }_{1},...,{\chi }_{n}\right)$ et soit $\pi$ un premier de l’anneau de valuation ${𝒪}_{K}$ de $K$. Pour tout $i,j$ notons $f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)$ la série d’Iwasawa associée à ${\theta }_{i,j}$ et $\overline{f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)}$ sa réduction modulo $\left(\pi \right)$. Finalement soit $\overline{{𝔽}_{p}}$ une clôture algébrique de ${𝔽}_{p}$. Nous montrons que si les caractères ${\chi }_{i}$ sont distincts modulo $\left(\pi \right)$, alors $1$ et les séries $\overline{f\left(T,{\theta }_{i,j}\right)}$, sont linéairement indépendantes sur un certain corps $\Omega$ qui contient $\overline{{𝔽}_{p}}\left(T\right)$.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5802/aif.2573
Classification:  11R23,  11R18,  11S80,  11J72
Keywords: $p$-adic $L$-functions, $p$-adic Leopoldt transform, Iwasawa theory, irrationality
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Anglès, Bruno; Ranieri, Gabriele. On the linear independence of $p$-adic $L$-functions modulo $p$. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 60 (2010) no. 5, pp. 1831-1855. doi : 10.5802/aif.2573. http://www.numdam.org/item/AIF_2010__60_5_1831_0/`

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