Hypergeometric ₃𝐅₂(1/4) evaluations over finite fields and Hecke eigenforms

Evans, Ron

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10091-6

Hypergeometric $\mathbf {{}_3\textit {F}_2(1/4)}$ evaluations over finite fields and Hecke eigenforms
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by Ron Evans

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 517-531

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10091-6

Published electronically: September 16, 2009

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Abstract:

Let $H$ denote the hypergeometric ${}_3F_2$ function over $\mathbb {F}_p$ whose three numerator parameters are quadratic characters and whose two denominator parameters are trivial characters. In 1992, Koike posed the problem of evaluating $H$ at the argument $1/4$. This problem was solved by Ono in 1998. Ten years later, Evans and Greene extended Ono’s result by evaluating an infinite family of ${}_3F_2(1/4)$ over $\mathbb {F}_q$ in terms of Jacobi sums. Here we present five new ${}_3F_2(1/4)$ over $\mathbb {F}_q$ (involving characters of orders 3, 4, 6, and 8) which are conjecturally evaluable in terms of eigenvalues for Hecke eigenforms of weights 2 and 3. There is ample numerical evidence for these evaluations. We motivate our conjectures by proving a connection between ${}_3F_2(1/4)$ and twisted sums of traces of the third symmetric power of twisted Kloosterman sheaves.

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