Periods of generalized Tate curves

Abstract

A generalized Tate curve is a universal family of curves with fixed genus and degeneration data which becomes Schottky uniformized Riemann surfaces and Mumford curves by specializing moduli and deformation parameters. By considering each generalized Tate curve as a family of degenerating Riemann surfaces, we give explicit formulas of the period isomorphism between its de Rham and Betti cohomology groups, and of the associated objects: Gauss-Manin connection, variation of Hodge structure and monodromy weight filtration. A remarkable fact is that similar formulas hold also for families of Mumford curves. Furthermore, we show that for a generalized Tate with maximally degenerate closed fiber, its local unipotent periods can be expressed as power series in the deformation parameters whose coefficients are multiple polylogarithm functions. This p-adic version is also given.