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Density of Arithmetic Representations of Function Fields

Algebraic Geometry 2025-04-16 v4 Number Theory

Abstract

We propose a conjecture on the density of arithmetic points in the deformation space of representations of the \'etale fundamental group in positive characteristic. This? conjecture has applications to \'etale cohomology theory, for example it implies a Hard Lefschetz conjecture. We prove the density conjecture in tame degree two for the curve P1{0,1,}\mathbb{P}^1\setminus \{0,1,\infty\}. v2: very small typos corrected.v3: final. Publication in Epiga.

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@article{arxiv.2005.12819,
  title  = {Density of Arithmetic Representations of Function Fields},
  author = {Hélène Esnault and Moritz Kerz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.12819},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages

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