Questions tagged [galois-representations]
The term Galois representation is frequently used when the G-module is a vector space over a field or a free module over a ring, but can also be used as a synonym for G-module. The study of Galois modules for extensions of local or global fields is an important tool in number theory.
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When is the image of a 2-dim l-adic representation associated to a modular form open
I know the following theorems by Serre:
1, The 2-dim l-adic representation associated to a non-CM elliptic curve is open.
2, The 2-dim l-adic representation associated the weight-12 cusp form $\...
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Reference for: CM Hilbert Modular forms arise from Hecke characters
For classical modular forms, the correspondence between the form having CM by an imaginary quadratic field $K$ and it being induced from a Hecke character on $K$ is well-known. (Ribet's paper is a ...
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What are the local Langlands conjectures nowadays, for connected reductive groups over a $p$-adic field?
Let me stress that I am only interested in $p$-adic fields in this question, for reasons that will become clear later. Let me also stress that in some sense I am basically assuming that the reader ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive list of equations for small genus modular curves?
Does there exist anywhere a comprehensive list of small genus modular curves $X_G$, for G a subgroup of GL(2,Z/(n))$? (say genus <= 2), together with equations? I'm particularly interested in genus ...
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Period rings for Galois representations
I have some questions concerning period rings for Galois representations.
First, consider the case of $p$-adic representations of the absolute Galois group $G_K$, where $K$ denote a $p$-adic field. ...
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What geometric properties do properties of ell-adic Galois representations imply?
This is the converse question to an earlier question. More precisely,
Let $X/K$ be a curve(or variety) over a global field $K$. We consider the Galois representation obtained by the absolute Galois ...
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Crystalline Characters
Let $K$, $L$ be finite extensions of the $p$-adic numbers. Suppose $\chi:G_K\rightarrow L^{\times}$ is crystalline. It is my understanding that if either $K$ or $L=\mathbb{Q}_p$, then $\chi$ must be a ...
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When do the Galois reps of modular forms have open image?
Suppose f is a newform (with coefficients generating some number field E), and $\rho_{f,\lambda}: {\rm Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}} / \mathbb{Q}) \to {\rm GL}_2(E_\lambda)$ the associated Galois rep (...
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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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Introductory text on Galois representations
Could someone please recommend a good introductory text on Galois representations? In particular, something that might help with reading Serre's "Abelian l-Adic Representations and Elliptic Curves" ...
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Subgroups of GL(2,q)
I have been wondering about something for a while now, and the simplest incarnation of it is the following question:
Find a finite group that is not a subgroup of any $GL_2(q)$.
Here, $GL_2(q)$ is ...
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The difficulties in proving modularity lifting theorems over non-totally real fields
First of all, let me apologize in advance for the terseness of this question.
It seems that by now there are well-developed techniques (the "Taylor-Wiles-Kisin" method) for proving modularity lifting ...
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About isogeny theorem for elliptic curves
$K$ a number field, $G_K$ its Galois group, $E_1, E_2$ two elliptic curves defined over $K$. The isogeny theorem says that if for some prime number $\ell$, The Tate modules (tensored with $\mathbb{Q}$)...
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Representations attached to p-adic modular forms
A theorem of Gouvea and Hida (or rather a consequence of it) states that there exist a Galois representation attached to a $p$-adic eigenform $f$ provided the residual representation attached to a ...
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If the tensor product of two representations are crystalline, are the original representations crystalline?
Let $K$ be a finite extension of the $p$-adic numbers. Suppose that $V$ and $W$ are two (finite dimensional, $p$-adic) continuous representations of $G_K$. Suppose that $V \otimes W$ is crystalline. ...
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Is there a Montgomery's conjecture for Dirichlet characters and Artin representations ?
Edit: as GH noticed, the way I tried to state Montgomery's conjecture is wrong. There were some mistakes in the references I used, which compounded with some mistakes of mine, gave a very poor post. ...
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Why are Galois Representations so important in Number theory ?
Dear everyone,
Motivation :
From the past few days, I have been reading about the Galois Representations . I was really amazed to see that every seminal idea in the theory of elliptic curves have ...
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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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Which degree does a motivic Galois representation show up in?
Consider a representation $\rho: \operatorname{Gal} (\overline{\mathbb Q} | \mathbb Q ) \to GL_n ( \overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell)$ that is a subrepresentation of $H^i(X, \overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell (j))$ ...
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Best bounds toward Serre's uniformity conjecture
If $E$ is a non-CM elliptic curve over $Q$, then it is a famous theorem of Serre
that there is some integer $M(E)$ such that for any prime $\ell > M(E)$, the image of the
Galois representations $\...
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Are Kato's zeta elements integral?
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ and $T$ the $p$-adic Tate module of $E$. Kato's Euler system, constructed in the paper "P-adic Hodge theory and values of zeta functions of modular forms"...
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Modularity of higher genus curves
The modularity conjecture for elliptic curves over number fields is well known, and indeed, is a theorem for all elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$, and at least potentially, over any CM field.
What ...
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The significance of modularity for all Galois representations
On pg. 1 of the slides of a talk, Henri Darmon wrote:
Question: What is an interesting Diophantine equation?
A “working definition”. A Diophantine equation is interesting
if it reveals or ...
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Field generated by the Fourier coefficients of a modular form
Let $f = \sum_n a_n q^n$ be a cuspidal newform of weight $k$ on $\Gamma_0(N)$ for some $N$. Let $K_f$ be the number field generated by the $a_q$ as $q$ runs over all primes.
My question: if we ...
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Are coefficients of Maass forms of eigenvalue 1/4 known to be algebraic?
I would really like to know whether the following famous conjecture has been solved. I've read in a few places that it has been solved, but I have been unable to find a reference. I do know that ...
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Status of the conjectured vanishing of Bloch-Kato H^2
There is a folklore conjecture that $\operatorname{Ext}^2$ vanishes in the category of geometric $p$-adic Galois representations (i.e. representations that are unramified almost everywhere and de Rham ...
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How large is Dcris of certain twists of modular forms?
I want to determine $\mathrm D_{\mathrm{cris}}$ of certain twists of the Galois representations attached to modular forms. For one particular twist it is not clear to me how $\mathrm D_{\mathrm{cris}}$...
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Free subquotient of Galois representations coming from Hida theory
Let $\mathbf{T}$ be the reduced nearly ordinary Hecke algebra of level $N$ of Hida theory for $\operatorname{GL}_{2}$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ (or more generally over a totally real field $F$). Then $\mathbf{...
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Topology on $p$-adic period rings in an article by Fontaine, part II
This is a follow-up to this question. See that question for background and relevant notation.
In the answer to that question, it is claimed, if I understand the answer correctly, that a basis of ...
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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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Frobenius at ramified primes
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over $\mathbf{Q}$, fix an odd prime $p>3$, let $T_p$ denote the $p$-adic Tate module of $E$, and let $V_p = T_p \otimes \mathbf{Q}_p$.
If the action of $G_\...
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A definition of a (amalgamated) direct sum
I am wondering about a definition of a direct sum in page $31$ of this paper by R. Liu.
I am following the notations in page $31$ of the above paper. Let $V$ be a crystalline irreducible ...
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Calculation of Frobenius on de Rham cohomology of elliptic curves with good reduction
I'm reading "An introduction to the theory of $p$-adic representations" by Laurent Berger. In the page 14 it says:
Suppose $F$ is an unramified finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$ and $E$ is ...
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1-dimensional semi-stable Galois representations with coefficients
For any p-adic local field K, all 1-dim semi-stable Galois repn: $G_K \to Q_p^{*}$ are just $Q_p(n)\otimes \mu$, where $Q_p(n)$ is the Tate twist of cyclotomic character, and $\mu$ an unramified ...
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About the restriction of a modular representation to a decomposition subgroup
Let $f$ be an eigenform of level $\Gamma_1(N)$ and let $p$ be a prime that does not divide $N$. It is well know that there is a $2$-dimensional representation
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\rho_f \colon G_{\mathbb Q} \to \...
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Local factors determine Weil representations - proof of the cyclic case
I already created this post on Math Stack Exchange but I was not so sure if this question fits better here. If it is not, I want to apologize in advance and feel free to delete my post.
I want to ...
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Irreducibility of Tate module (as a Galois representation) of elliptic curves with good reduction
This question is following the previous question.
Definitions:
Suppose $F$ is an unramified finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$ and $E$ is an elliptic curve defined over $F$ with good reduction. Denote ...
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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 ...
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Reference for Faltings' proof on finiteness of semisimple $d$-dimensional $p$-adic Galois representations
I'm looking for a reference to Faltings' proof concerning the finiteness of $d$-dimensional semisimple $p$-adic Galois representations. Specifically, the result states that there are only finitely ...
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