Asymptotic formula of the number of Newton polygons

Abstract

In this paper, we enumerate Newton polygons asymptotically. The number of Newton polygons is computable by a simple recurrence equation, but unexpectedly the asymptotic formula of its logarithm contains growing oscillatory terms. As the terms come from non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function, an estimation of the amplitude of the oscillating part is equivalent to the Riemann hypothesis.