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Fox-Neuwirth-Fuks cells, quantum shuffle algebras, and Malle's conjecture for function fields

Number Theory 2023-03-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to prove the upper bound in Malle's conjecture on the distribution of finite extensions of Fq(t)\mathbb{F}_q(t) with specified Galois group. As in previous work of Ellenberg-Venkatesh-Westerland, our result is based upon computations of the homology of braid groups with certain (exponential) coefficients. However, the approach in this paper is new, relying on a connection between the cohomology of Hurwitz spaces and the cohomology of quantum shuffle algebras.

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@article{arxiv.1701.04541,
  title  = {Fox-Neuwirth-Fuks cells, quantum shuffle algebras, and Malle's conjecture for function fields},
  author = {Jordan S. Ellenberg and TriThang Tran and Craig Westerland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.04541},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

81 pages. Substantially revised. The most significant change is a new approach to controlling the homological algebra of connected graded algebras in terms of their Koszul complex

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