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Galois representations attached to discrete automorphic representations

Let $F$ be a totally real field. Let $G$ be a (split) connected reductive group over $F$. Let $\pi$ be an irreducible automorphic representation of $G$. Recall in the work of Buzzard and Gee "The ...
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Prime ideal of $A[X_1,...,X_d]$

Let $A$ be a UFD domain, i.e. integral and for any height one prime ${\frak p}$ of $A$, we have ${\frak p} = (u_{\frak p})$ for some $u_{\frak p} \in A$. Once and for all, we fix the algebraic ...
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Lifting mod $p$ representations of arithmetic fundamental groups of a non-affine scheme over a finite field of characteristic $p$

Let $X$ be a geometrically irreducible scheme (not necessarily affine) over $\mathbb{F}_{p}$ and let $ \pi_{1}(X) $ be the arithmetic etale fundamental group of $ X $. Let $ \overline{\mathbb{F}}_{p} $...
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Absolute Bloch-Kato Cohomology

The étale cohomology $R\Gamma_{\mathrm{ét}}(X;\mathbb{Z}_p(n))$ of a scheme $X/K$ can be computed by a Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence with terms of the form $H^i(K;H^j(X_{\overline{K}};\mathbb{Z}...
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Compatibility of system of $\ell$-adic representations associated to Voevodsky motives

Let $M$ be an object of Voevodsky's category $DM_{gm}(K,\mathbb{Q})$ for a number field $K$. For each prime number $\ell$, there is an $\ell$-adic realization $M_{\ell}$ in the bounded derived ...
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Is the weight-monodromy conjecture known for unramified representations?

Let $X$ be a smooth proper variety over a number field $K$, $v$ a place of $K$ lying over a prime number $p \neq \ell$, and $V := H^n(X_{\overline{K}};\mathbb{Q}_{\ell})$. Suppose $V$ is unramified at ...
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Kernel of restriction map in Galois cohomology

Let $S$ be the algebraic group $SL_2/\mathbb{Q}_p$ with a $G=G_{\mathbb{Q}}$ action, (acts by conjugation with a representation $\rho: G\longrightarrow GL_2$.) Let $G_p$ be the decomposition group at ...
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Galois cohomology of Tate modules

Let $E,E'$ be a pair of elliptic curves defined over $\mathbb{Z}$. Let $T_p[E], T_p[E']$ be their associated ($p$-adic) Tate modules. These are Galois representations for the absolute Galois group of $...
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About simple motives

I'm reading through Jannsen's paper Motives, numerical equivalence, and semi-simplicity and I'd like to pose two questions. Suppose all motives are $F$-linear, for some characteristic zero field $F$, ...
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How does the cohomology of the Lubin-Tate/Drinfeld tower fit into categorical p-adic local Langlands?

In conjecture 6.1.14 of this article, Emerton-Gee-Hellmann formulate the p-adic local Langlands conjecture, which posits the existence of a fully faithful functor from (the appropriate derived ...
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Quotients of Tate modules

Let $p$ be a prime number, let $K$ denote a finite extension $\mathbb{Q}_{p}$ and let $\overline{K}$ be an algebraic closure of $K$. Let $A$ be an ellitpic curve over $K$ and denote by $T_{p}A$ its ...
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Reductive subgroups of $\mathrm{GL}_2$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero

I am reading a very nice paper of Newton and Thorne, Symmetric power functoriality for holomorphic modular forms, and there is an argument concerning the (Zariski-closure of) image of certain $p$-adic ...
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Abelian $\ell$-adic representations in $\widehat{\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})}$

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\Gal{Gal}\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}}$In Grothendieck's Esquisse he claims that the action of $$\Gal(\mathbb Q)\to\text{Out}(\pi_1(M_{1,1})=\text{Out}(\...
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The cycle class map with values in crystalline cohomology

Let $ k = \mathbb{F}_q $ be a finite field of characteristic $ p > 0 $. Let $ X $ be a smooth proper scheme of dimension $ d $ over $ k $. Consider the associated $ K $ - linear cycle class map ...
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Eichler orders in a certain quaternion algebra

Let us consider a totally real number field $K$ such that $[K \colon {\Bbb Q}] = {\mathrm{odd}}$. We shall consider the quaternion algebra $D$ over $K$ such that $D$ splits everywhere at finite places ...
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On the coherence of a Néron-ring

Let $A:= \underset{\lambda \in \Lambda}{\varinjlim} \,A_{\lambda}$ be an inductive limit of geometric regular local ring $(A_{\lambda}, {\frak m}_{\lambda})$, whose transition map $\phi_{\mu\lambda} \...
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Mumford-Tate conjecture for mixed Tate motives

Let $X$ be a (not necessarily smooth or proper) variety over a number field $k$. Suppose we are given A subquotient $V_{dR}$ of the algebraic de Rham cohomology $H_{dR}^i(X)$ (defined in the non-...
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Is the cohomology of rigid varieties semisimple?

Let $X$ be a smooth projective geometrically connected scheme over $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Assume that $H^1(X, T_{X/\mathbb{Q}_p})=0$. Is the Galois representation $H^*(X_{\overline{\mathbb{Q}_p}}, \mathbb{Q}...
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Galois action of Weil restriction

Let $K/\mathbb{Q}$ be a quadratic field. Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over $K$ but not over $\mathbb{Q}$, and let $\bar{E}$ be the Galois conjugate of $E$. Then by the descent theory (for ...
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Kottwitz global gerbes

I've been trying to understand global gerbes constructed by Kottwitz in $B(G)$ for all local and global fields (arXiv:1401.5728). Scholze explained in $p$-adic geometry (arXiv:1712.03708) why I would ...
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How geometry changes up to Hermitian inner product on Line bundle (Kodaira embedding)

Riemann metric $g \colon= \Sigma g_{ij} dx_i \otimes dx_j$ on a Kähler manifold $M$ will define the length of a line on $M$, i.e. intrinsic geometry. The line bundle $L$ on $M$ is equipped with a ...
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Classification of finite flat group schemes over integers?

One can classify (commutative) finite flat group schemes (with order of $p$-powers) over $\mathbb Z_p$ using semi-linear algebraic datas such as Breuil-Kisin modules. And we can fix the special fiber ...
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Isomorphism between finite algebras over ${\Bbb Z}_p$

Let $\pi \colon R \twoheadrightarrow {\Bbb T}$ be a surjective ring homomorphism between finite algebras over ${\Bbb Z}_p$. Further, we suppose the following three conditions$\colon$ $R$ is a ...
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Applications of anabelian geometry to Galois representations?

One aspect of anabelian geometry is the study of the action of the absolute Galois group of a field $K$ on the etale fundamental group $\pi_1(X_\overline K)$, where $X$ is a (anabelian) variety and $...
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On a certain radical of the formal power series ring $K[[X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_{\infty}]]$

Let $K$ be a field of characteristic $p > 2$ and $A_{\infty} \colon= K[[X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_{\infty}]]$ be an infinitely-many-variable formal power series ring over $K$ (the symbol $X_{\infty}$ is to ...
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Isomorphism of the $\ell$-adic Tate module of an elliptic curve with CM

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $K$ (totally real number field) with complex multiplication by the field $L$. Let $\psi$ be the Grössencharacter associated to $E$, assume that $\psi$ of type $(-r,0)$...
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On the product in the power series ring

Let $A_n \colon= K[[X_1,\ldots,X_n,Y_1,\ldots,Y_n]]$ be a power series ring over a field $K$ in $2n$ variables and ${\frak m}_{A_n}$ be the unique maximal ideal of $A_n$. Suppose we have two ...
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Power series rings and the formal generic fibre

Let $S = K[[S_1,\ldots,S_n]]$ and consider $d$ elements \begin{equation*} f_1,\ldots,f_d \in S[[X_1,\ldots,X_d]] \end{equation*} and the prime ideal ${\frak P} \colon\!= (f_1,\ldots,f_d)$ generated ...
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Étale fibration for $K[[X_1,...,X_n]]$

Let us consider a formal power series ring $A_n \colon= K[[X_1,\ldots,X_n]]$ with $0 \ll n < \infty$ and we shall consider a prime ideal ${\frak P}$ of $A_n$ such that $1 < {\mathrm{ht}}({\frak ...
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Connection of Galois representation and arithmetic geometry

There are lots of Galois representations which arise naturally from geometric objects, for example, Galois representations attached to elliptic curves. I know that people are interested in studying ...
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Gauss lemma for a complete Noetherian domain

Suppose that $R$ is a Noetherian complete domain over a field $K$. Suppose that a monic polynomial $f(X) \in R[X]$ (i.e., the highest degree $X^e$ in $f$ has the coefficient $1$), satisfies the ...
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On the exponent of a certain matrix $A$ in characteristic $p > 0$

Let $A$ be a square matrix in characteristic $p > 0$ with both column and row having length $(1 + p^0 + p + \cdots + p^i)$, where $i \geq 0$. Suppose that further the $(m,n)$-component $a_{m,n}$ ...
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How to compute Galois representations from etale cohomology groups of a generalized flag variety?

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a number field $K$, $P$ be a parabolic subgroup of $G$ defined over $K$, $X=G/P$ be the generalized flag variety which is a smooth projective variety over $...
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Finiteness or infiniteness for Galois representations with unusual Hodge numbers

Say a representation $\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb Q) \to GL_n(\overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell)$ has big monodromy if the Zariski closure of the image of $\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb Q) $ contains $SO_n$ or $...
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Bhargava's work on the BSD conjecture

How much would Bhargava's results on BSD improve if finiteness of the Tate-Shafarevich group, or at least its $\ell$-primary torsion for every $\ell$, was known? Would they improve to the point of ...
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$K[[X_1,...]]$ is a UFD (Nishimura's Theorem)

Let us define the infinitely-many-variable formal power series ring $$ K[[X_1,\ldots]] \colon= \underset{m \geq 1}{\varprojlim}\,K[[X_1,\ldots,X_m]]. $$ $K[[X_1,\ldots]]$ is known to be a UFD by a ...
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An infinitely-many-variable formal power series ring ${\Bbb F}_p[[X_1,\ldots]]$

We shall define a infinitely-many-variable formal power series ring ${\Bbb F}_p[[X_1,\ldots]]$ as follows$\colon$ ${\Bbb F}_p[[X_1,\ldots]]\colon= \underset{n \geq 1}{\varprojlim}\, {\Bbb F}_p[[X_1,\...
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Proof of the coherence of ${\Bbb F}_q[[X_1,\dots,X_{\infty}]]$

We shall define the infinitely-many-variable formal power series ring $A = {\Bbb F}_q[[X_1,\ldots,X_{\infty}]]$ over a finite field ${\Bbb F}_q$ as the following$\colon$ $A \colon= \underset{n \geq ...
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Mazur's Question on Mod $N$ Galois representations

In Rational Isogenies of Prime Degree, Mazur poses: "the problem of determining all elliptic curves $E'/\mathbb{Q}$ with symplectic $\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q})$ isomorphisms $E'[N]\...
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Etale cohomology of singular varieties?

In all the literature I have read, etale cohomology is defined for smooth varieties. Suppose $X/\mathbb{Q}$ is a singular variety over $\mathbb{Q}$, does there exist etale cohomology $H_{\text{et}}^*(...
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Relative Bertini Theorem

Let $A \colon= {\Bbb C}[S_1,\ldots,S_n]$ with $1 \leq n < \infty$ $B \colon= A[X_1,\ldots,X_d]$ with $2 \leq d < \infty$. $O \colon= (0,\ldots,0)$ be the origin of ${\mathrm{Spec}}\,B$. ...
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Base change of a finite morphism

Let $X$, $Y$, $Z$ be integral schemes of finite type over a field $K$ (i.e., locally affine opens are finitely-generated algebras over $K$). Suppose we have the following condition$\colon$ $f \colon ...
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Dirichlet Character, Galois Representation and Motives

Suppose $\chi$ is a real Drichlet character of modulus $N$, \begin{equation} \chi: (\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z})^* \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \end{equation} which induces an Artin representation \begin{...
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Strange subscheme in ${\mathrm{Spec}} R \times {\Bbb A}^1_{\Bbb C}$

Let ${\Bbb C}[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$ be a $n$-variable polynomial ring over a complex number field ${\Bbb C}$. For its maximal ideal $(X_1,\ldots,X_n)$, we define the geometric regular local ring as $R \...
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Solutions of the linear equation from K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]] to K[[X_1,X_2]]

Let $A_3 := K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]]$ be a three-variable formal power series ring over a field $K$. We consider a linear equation $(\sharp) \phantom{aa} a_1(X_1,X_2,X_3)Y_1 + \ldots + a_n(X_1,X_2,X_3)Y_n = ...
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On the maximal ideal m of the formal power series ring [closed]

Let $A \colon= K[[X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_{\infty}]]$ be the formal power series ring with infinitely many variables over a field $K$. We can represent it also by the following manner$\colon$ \begin{equation*...
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Galois cohomology of cyclotomic extension

Let $K$ be a complete discrete valuation ring with algebraically closed residue field $F$ of characteristic $p > 0$. Suppose ${\Bbb Q}_p \subset K$ and the absolute ramification index v$_{\pi_K}(p) ...
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On Ramanujan's beautiful cubic identity

Let $a_i, b_i, c_i$ be defined by the following$\colon$ $\frac{1 + 53X + 9X^2}{1 - 82X - 82X^2 + X^3} = a_0 + a_1X + \ldots$. $\frac{2 - 26X - 12X^2}{1 - 82X - 82X^2 + X^3} = b_0 + b_1X + \ldots$. ...
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On De Shalit's Lemma in Wiles' proof of R=T

In Wiles' proof of ``$R = {\Bbb T}$", if we associate the extra primes the set of which is denoted $D$, there is a famous result in the following$\colon$ Theorem(De Shalit's Lemma). Let ${\Bbb T}_N$ ...
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Flatness of R[X]/I over R

In the famous paper Simple flat extensions, Journal of Algebra Volume 16, Issue 1, September 1970, p. 105-107, Wolmer V. Vasconcelos proves the following Theorem (Vasconcelos). For a noetherian ...