tau-recurrent sequences and modular forms

In this paper we deal with Drinfeld modular forms, defined and taking values in complete fields of positive characteristic. Our aim is to study a sequence of families of Drinfeld modular forms depending on a parameter t that produces, for certain values of t, several kinds of Eisenstein series considered by Gekeler. We obtain formulas involving these functions. To obtain our results, we introduce and discuss tau-linear recurrent sequences and deformations of vectorial modular forms in this setting.Comment: improved the proof of Theorem 3 (now, it is shorter

Estimating the order of vanishing at infinity of Drinfeld quasi-modular forms

We introduce and study certain deformations of Drinfeld quasi-modular forms by using rigid analytic trivialisations of corresponding Anderson's t-motives. We show that a sub-algebra of these deformations has a natural graduation by the group Z^2 x Z/(q-1)Z and an homogeneous automorphism, and we deduce from this and other properties multiplicity estimates

Hyperdifferential properties of Drinfeld quasi-modular forms

This article is divided in two parts. In the first part we endow a certain ring of ``Drinfeld quasi-modular forms'' for \GL_2(\FF_q[T]) (where $q$ is a power of a prime) with a system of "divided derivatives" (or hyperderivations). This ring contains Drinfeld modular forms as defined by Gekeler in \cite{Ge}, and the hyperdifferential ring obtained should be considered as a close analogue in positive characteristic of famous Ramanujan's differential system relating to the first derivatives of the classical Eisenstein series of weights 2, 4 and 6. In the second part of this article we prove that, when $q\not=2,3$, if ${\cal P}$ is a non-zero hyperdifferential prime ideal, then it contains the Poincar\'e series $h=P_{q+1,1}$ of \cite{Ge}. This last result is the analogue of a crucial property proved by Nesterenko \cite{Nes} in characteristic zero in order to establish a multiplicity estimate

Universal Gauss-Thakur sums and L-series

In this paper we study the behavior of the function omega of Anderson-Thakur evaluated at the elements of the algebraic closure of the finite field with q elements F_q. Indeed, this function has quite a remarkable relation to explicit class field theory for the field K=F_q(T). We will see that these values, together with the values of its divided derivatives, generate the maximal abelian extension of K which is tamely ramified at infinity. We will also see that omega is, in a way that we will explain in detail, an universal Gauss-Thakur sum. We will then use these results to show the existence of functional relations for a class of L-series introduced by the second author. Our results will be finally applied to obtain a new class of congruences for Bernoulli-Carlitz fractions, and an analytic conjecture is stated, implying an interesting behavior of such fractions modulo prime ideals of A=F_q[T].Comment: Corrected several typos and an error in the proof of Proposition 21 Section 3. Improved the general presentation of the pape

On certain generating functions in positive characteristic

We present new methods for the study of a class of generating functions introduced by the second author which carry some formal similarities with the Hurwitz zeta function. We prove functional identities which establish an explicit connection with certain deformations of the Carlitz logarithm introduced by M. Papanikolas and involve the Anderson-Thakur function and the Carlitz exponential function. They collect certain functional identities in families for a new class of L-functions introduced by the first author. This paper also deals with specializations at roots of unity of these generating functions, producing a link with Gauss-Thakur sums.Comment: 18 pages. Refereed versio

Drinfeld AA-quasi-modular forms

The aim of this article is twofold: first, improve the multiplicity estimate obtained by the second author for Drinfeld quasi-modular forms; and then, study the structure of certain algebras of "almost-$A$-quasi-modular forms

Arithmetic of positive characteristic L-series values in Tate algebras

The second author has recently introduced a new class of L-series in the arithmetic theory of function fields over finite fields. We show that the value at one of these L-series encode arithmetic informations of certain Drinfeld modules defined over Tate algebras. This enables us to generalize Anderson's log-algebraicity Theorem and Taelman's Herbrand-Ribet Theorem.Comment: final versio

An introduction to Mahler's method for transcendence and algebraic independence

International audienceHere we propose a survey on Mahler's theory for transcendence and algebraic independence focusing on certain applications to the arithmetic of periods of Anderson t-motives