English

Local-Global principles for certain images of Galois representations

Number Theory 2015-02-05 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a number field and let E/KE/K be an elliptic curve whose mod \ell Galois representation locally has image contained in a group GG, up to conjugacy. We classify the possible images for the global Galois representation in the case where GG is a Cartan subgroup or the normalizer of a Cartan subgroup. When K=QK = \mathbf{Q}, we deduce a counterexample to the local-global principle in the case where GG is the normalizer of a split Cartan and =13\ell = 13. In particular, there are at least three elliptic curves (up to twist) over Q\mathbf{Q} whose mod 1313 image of Galois is locally contained in the normalizer of a split Cartan, but whose global image is not.

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@article{arxiv.1502.01288,
  title  = {Local-Global principles for certain images of Galois representations},
  author = {Anastassia Etropolski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01288},
  year   = {2015}
}