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Local systems which do not come from abelian varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2025-02-13 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

For each smooth curve over a finite field, after puncturing it at finitely many points, we construct local systems on it of geometric origin which do not come from a family of abelian varieties. We do so by proving a criterion which must be satisfied by local systems which do come from abelian varieties, inspired by an analogous Hodge theoretic criterion in characteristic zero.

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@article{arxiv.2408.02475,
  title  = {Local systems which do not come from abelian varieties},
  author = {Paul Brommer-Wierig and Yeuk Hay Joshua Lam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.02475},
  year   = {2025}
}
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