Artin-Hasse exponential

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In mathematics, the Artin-Hasse exponential is the power series given by

E_p(x) = \exp(x + x^p/p + x^{p^2}/p^2 + x^{p^3}/p^3 +\cdots)

[edit] Properties

  • The coefficients are p-integral; in other words, their denominators are not divisible by p. This follows from Dwork's lemma, which says that a power series f(x) = 1+... with rational coefficients has p-integral coefficients if and only if f(xp)/f(x)p ≡ 1 mod p.
  • The coefficient of xn of n!E_p(x) is the number of elements of the symmetric group on n points of order a power of p. (This gives another proof that the coefficients are p-integral, using the fact that in a finite group of order divisible by d the number of elements of order dividing d is also divisible by d.)
  • It can be written as the infinite product
Ep(x) = (1 − xn)μ(n) / n
(p,n) = 1

(The function μ is the Möbius function.)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • A course in p-adic analysis, by Alain M. Robert


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