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Modularity of certain mod $p^n$ Galois representations

Number Theory 2025-09-09 v3

Abstract

For a rational prime p3p \geq 3 and an integer n2n \geq 2, we study the modularity of continuous 2-dimensional mod pnp^n Galois representations of \Gal(\Qˉ/\Q)\Gal(\bar{\Q}/\Q) whose residual representations are odd and absolutely irreducible. Under suitable hypotheses on the local structure of these representations and the size of their images we use deformation theory to construct characteristic 0 lifts. We then invoke modularity lifting results to prove that these lifts are modular. As an application, we show that certain unramified mod pnp^n Galois representations arise from modular forms of weight pn1(p1)+1p^{n-1}(p-1)+1.

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@article{arxiv.1304.3043,
  title  = {Modularity of certain mod $p^n$ Galois representations},
  author = {Rajender Adibhatla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.3043},
  year   = {2025}
}

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