Identify when the deformation-method polynomial equals the Euler factor

Establish that for any Calabi–Yau type differential operator L that is the Picard–Fuchs operator of a Calabi–Yau motive X_φ, and for primes p ≥ 5 and parameters φ with D(Teich(φ))−1 defined over Q_p and ord(D(Teich(φ))) ≤ 0, the polynomial R_p^{(b−1)}(L,T) computed by the deformation method equals the local Euler factor E_p^{(b−1)}(X_φ,T) provided the truncation order M(L,p) is sufficiently large.

Background

The paper computes a polynomial R_p{(b−1)}(L,T) from a Calabi–Yau type differential operator L via a p-adic deformation method that uses truncated power series solutions and a Frobenius matrix U_p(φ).

The authors state a conjecture linking this computational output to arithmetic geometry: for suitable primes p and parameters φ, the computed polynomial should coincide with the Euler factor of the conjectural Calabi–Yau motive X_φ whose Picard–Fuchs operator is L.

This statement formalizes the correctness of the algorithmic deformation method in producing motivic local factors under standard admissibility conditions on D(Teich(φ)) and sufficiently large truncation order M(L,p).

References

As we have alluded to previously, the utility of the polynomials R_p{(b-1)}(L,T) comes from the following conjecture: The Calabi--Yau operator L arises as a Picard-Fuchs operator for some Calabi--Yau motive X_φ. Let p ≥ 5 and let φ be such that D(Teich(φ)){-1}, described in eq.~eq:UratMatrix, is defined in Q_p and ord(D(Teich(φ))) ≤ 0. Then, for sufficiently large M(L,p), the Euler factor of this motive, E_p{(b-1)}(X_φ,T), is equal to the polynomial R{(b-1)}_p(L,T).