Conjecture on recursive uniformizers and eventual stability of truncated expansions

Let p3p\geq 3 be prime, let n1n\geq 1 and m2m\geq 2, and use the elements πpm,n\pi_p^{m,n}, the fields Kpm,n\mathbb K_p^{m,n}, and the valuation vpv_p from the construction. A series of polynomials means a family {Rpm,n(T)}m2\{\mathcal R_p^{m,n}(T)\}_{m\geq 2} in Z(p)[T]\mathbb Z_{(p)}[T]. For a power series R\mathcal R, let Trunu(R)\operatorname{Trun}_{\leq u}(\mathcal R) denote its truncation to terms of degree at most uu.

Recursive uniformizer and stability conjecture. For each prime p3p\geq 3 and integer n1n\geq 1, there exists a series of polynomials {Rpm,n(T)}m2\{\mathcal R_p^{m,n}(T)\}_{m\geq 2} such that, for every m2m\geq 2,

πpm+1,n=(ζpm+11)spm,n(ζpm+1Rpm,n(πpm,n)),\pi_p^{m+1,n}=\left(\zeta_{p^{m+1}}-1\right)^{s_p^{m,n}}\left(\zeta_{p^{m+1}}-\mathcal R_p^{m,n}\left(\pi_p^{m,n}\right)\right),

where

spm,n=1pnpm(p1)vp(ζpm+1Rpm,n(πpm,n))Z,s_p^{m,n}=\frac{1}{p^n}-p^m(p-1)v_p\left(\zeta_{p^{m+1}}-\mathcal R_p^{m,n}\left(\pi_p^{m,n}\right)\right)\in\mathbb Z,

is a uniformizer of Kpm+1,n\mathbb K_p^{m+1,n}. Moreover, for each fixed n1n\geq 1 and m2m\geq 2, there exist a non-negative integer hm,nh_{m,n}, power series W0m,n(T),,Whm,nm,n(T)\mathcal W_0^{m,n}(T),\ldots,\mathcal W_{h_{m,n}}^{m,n}(T) in Q[[T]]\mathbb Q[[T]], and polynomials u1m,n(T)=1,u0m,n(T),,uhm,nm,n(T)u_{-1}^{m,n}(T)=-1,u_0^{m,n}(T),\ldots,u_{h_{m,n}}^{m,n}(T) in Z[T]\mathbb Z[T], with 1<u0m,n(p)<<uhm,nm,n(p)-1<u_0^{m,n}(p)<\cdots<u_{h_{m,n}}^{m,n}(p) for every prime p3p\geq 3, such that

Rpm,n(T)=i=0hm,nTui1m,n(p)+1Trunuim,n(p)(Wim,n(T)).\mathcal R_p^{m,n}(T)=\sum_{i=0}^{h_{m,n}}T^{u_{i-1}^{m,n}(p)+1}\operatorname{Trun}_{\leq u_i^{m,n}(p)}\left(\mathcal W_i^{m,n}(T)\right).

If these power series and polynomials are chosen properly, the family is eventually stable: for sufficiently large mm,

Rpm,n(T)=Rpm+1,n(T)=Rpm,n+2(T)=.\mathcal R_p^{m,n}(T)=\mathcal R_p^{m+1,n}(T)=\mathcal R_p^{m,n+2}(T)=\cdots.

The conjecture is motivated by the difficulty of constructing uniformizers of Kpm,n\mathbb K_p^{m,n} from the currently available truncated expansions of ζpn\zeta_{p^n}. The preceding theorem establishes the analogous construction for πpm,1\pi_p^{m,1}, while the proposed recursive description and eventual stability for general nn remain conjectural.

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Primary source

Shanwen Wang and Yijun Yuan, “Truncated expansion of ζ_p^n in the p-adic Mal'cev-Neumann field”, arXiv:2111.07127 (2023).

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