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Improved the question following Dimitrov's comment.
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Bobby Grizzard
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I suppose this question could be phrased in terms of Galois representations, but I'm asking it this way.

Let $n>1$ be an integer. If $K$ is a number field with $\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q}) \cong GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})$ (edit) and containing the $n$-th roots of unity (/edit), must there exist an elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $K \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(E[n])$? It's not necessary to produce the curve, although it would be cool.

If not, is there a good way to test if this holds for a given $K$?

(If you want to restrict to the case where $n$ is a prime power, that's fine.)

I suppose this question could be phrased in terms of Galois representations, but I'm asking it this way.

Let $n>1$ be an integer. If $K$ is a number field with $\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q}) \cong GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})$, must there exist an elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $K \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(E[n])$? It's not necessary to produce the curve, although it would be cool.

If not, is there a good way to test if this holds for a given $K$?

(If you want to restrict to the case where $n$ is a prime power, that's fine.)

I suppose this question could be phrased in terms of Galois representations, but I'm asking it this way.

Let $n>1$ be an integer. If $K$ is a number field with $\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q}) \cong GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})$ (edit) and containing the $n$-th roots of unity (/edit), must there exist an elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $K \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(E[n])$? It's not necessary to produce the curve, although it would be cool.

If not, is there a good way to test if this holds for a given $K$?

(If you want to restrict to the case where $n$ is a prime power, that's fine.)

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Is every $GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})$-extension contained in some elliptic curve's torsion field?

I suppose this question could be phrased in terms of Galois representations, but I'm asking it this way.

Let $n>1$ be an integer. If $K$ is a number field with $\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q}) \cong GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})$, must there exist an elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $K \subseteq \mathbb{Q}(E[n])$? It's not necessary to produce the curve, although it would be cool.

If not, is there a good way to test if this holds for a given $K$?

(If you want to restrict to the case where $n$ is a prime power, that's fine.)