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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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Galois invariant of Tate module

Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $V$ be a de Rham representation of $G_K=\operatorname{Gal}(\overline{K}/K)$. By Corollary 3.8.4 of Bloch and Kato - L-functions and Tamagawa ...
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Galois cohomology of abelian varieties

Suppose $A$ is an abelian variety over a number field $K$ and call $M$ the maximal torsion free quotient of $A(\overline{K})$ equipped with its Galois action. For the first Galois cohomology of $M$, ...
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Semisimplicity of the étale cohomology mod $p$

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over a field $k$. Then if $\ell\neq \text{char} k$, $k$ is finite, and $X$ is an abelian variety it was shown by Weil that the $\ell$-adic cohomology of $X_{k^{...
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Uncountably many non-isomorphic Tate modules

Do there exist uncountably many abelian surfaces with good reduction over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with pairwise non-isomorphic rational $p$-adic Tate modules? If we took $l$-adic Tate modules there would be ...
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Outer Galois representations and Tate modules of Jacobian varieties

Let $X$ be a proper smooth curve over a field $k$. Then we have an exact sequence of profinite groups \begin{equation*} 1 \to \pi_1(X_{\overline k}) \to \pi_1(X) \to G_k \to 1, \end{equation*} ...
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The profinite topology on the Mordell Weil group

In this lecture of Serre on his open image theorem, around 6 minutes, Serre mentions the following theorem of Tate: Let $A/k$ be an abelian variety over a number field and consider the Mordell-Weil ...
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Intersection of a certain linear ideals of $K[[X_1,\ldots,X_{np}]]$ for ${\mathrm{ch}}(K) = p > 0$

Suppose ${\mathrm{ch}}(K) = p > 0$ and we consider the formal power series ring $K[[X_1,\ldots,X_{np}]]$ over $K$ in $np$ variables $X_1,\ldots, X_{np}$. Let $\Lambda$ be the set defined as follows$...
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Quaternion algebra actions on $\ell$-adic cohomology

Let $E$ be a supersingular elliptic curve over $\mathbf{F}_p$, and $H$ its endomorphism algebra $\text{End}(E)\otimes_{\mathbf{Z}}\mathbf{Q}$, a quaternion algebra (non split at $p$ and $\infty$). ...
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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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Rationality of the Tate module of an abelian variety relative to the algebra of its endomorphisms

Suppose that $K/\mathbb{Q}_p$ is a finite extension and $k_K$ the residue field of $K$. Let $A/K$ be an abelian variety with good reduction. Suppose that $E\to\mathrm{End}^0_K(A)$ is an inclusion of a ...
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Are there methods to compute the induced action of Frobenius map on the Neron-Severi group of a supersingular abelian surface over a finite field?

Let $A$ be a supersingular abelian surface over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. In that case the Neron-Severi group $NS(A\otimes\overline{\mathbb{F}_q})$ is the lattice of rank $6$. Are there methods ...
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Selmer Group versus Selmer Variety

For an abelian variety $A$, the $p$-adic Selmer group is defined to be the subset of $H^1(G_k,H_1^{et}(A;\mathbb{Q}_{p}))$ whose restriction to $G_{k_v}$ is in the image of $A(k_v)$ for all places $v$ ...
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n-th root of unity in n-th division field of abelian variety?

Let $K$ be a number field and $A/K$ an abelian variety over it. Can it be that $K(A[n])$ does not contain a primitive $n$-th rooth of unity? If the answer is yes is it always possible to ...
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Elliptic curve E and Galois representation

Assume that an elliptic curve $E$ over $\Bbb Q$ has a reducible mod $p$ representation. Then Q: Why is the semi-simplification of $E[p]$ the direct sum of ${\Bbb Z}/p{\Bbb Z}$ and $\mu_p$? Next Q:...
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Modularity theorem for abelian varieties

There's alredy two posts on MO about the extension of modularity to elliptic curves over fields other than $\mathbb{Q}$ ([1], [2]), and another one about general algebraic varieties [3]. What is ...
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Modern proof of Serre's open image theorem?

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over a number field $K$ without complex multiplication. Serre's open image theorem (which appears in his book 'Abelian $l$-Adic Representations and Elliptic Curves'...
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Another question related to the isogeny theorem for elliptic curves

I was reading the following question: About isogeny theorem for elliptic curves and was interested in the following statement at the end of Torsten Ekedahl's answer: "Note also that the situation is ...
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Construction of RM abelian variety from eigenform

Let $f$ be a normalized eigenform of weight $2$ level $N$. If the Fourier coefficients of $f$ generate a totally real field $F$, then we associate to $f$ a system of $\ell$-adic Galois representations ...
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Where can I find a copy of Serre's Cours au college de France 1985-1986?

Hi, I was wondering: where might I be able to find a copy of this work online? And are there any other resources for the proof of the open image theorem for abelian varieties with endomorphism ring ...
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Mumford-Tate group and Galois representations

Could someone please point me towards a proof of why the image of a Galois representation on the Tate-module of an abelian variety is limited by its Mumford-Tate group?
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CM abelian varieties and potential good reduction

Let $F$ be a number field and $A$ an abelian variety over $F$. It is known that if $A$ has complex multiplication, then it has potentially good reduction everywhere, namely there exists a finite ...
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Serre's open image theorem for products of elliptic curves over function fields via specialization

In Propriétés galoisiennes des points d'ordre fini des courbes elliptiques, Invent. Math. 15, 259--331 (1972), Serre proved the following (Theorem 6 ′′, p. 325): Let $K$ be a number field and let $K^...
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Mod m versions of the toric part of Tate modules

Let $A$ be a polarized abelian variety over a local field $K$ with residue characteristic $p$. In the course of proving that a polarized abelian variety $A/K$ has semi-stable reduction iff for all $\...
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Galois action on one-dimensional quotients of l-adic cohomology

Let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $g$ over a number field $K$, and $\ell$ be a rational prime. Suppose that the Galois action on the $\ell$-adic cohomology $H^k(A, \mathbb{Z}_\ell) \otimes_{\...
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Fontaine-Mazur for GL_1

For any number field $K$, the Fontaine-Mazur conjecture predicts that any potentially semistable $p$-adic representation of the absolute Galois group $G_K$ of $K$ that is almost everywhere unramified ...
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Ext of Tate-modules of abelian varieties

Let $K$ be a local field (in fact, finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$) and let $A$ and $B$ be abelian varieties over $K$. Associated to $A$ and $B$ are the Tate-modules $T_p(A)$ and $T_p(B)$. Both ...