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Moduli spaces of sheaves on K3 surfaces and Galois representations

Algebraic Geometry 2021-05-14 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

We consider two K3 surfaces defined over an arbitrary field, together with a smooth proper moduli space of stable sheaves on each. When the moduli spaces have the same dimension, we prove that if the \'etale cohomology groups (with Q_ell coefficients) of the two surfaces are isomorphic as Galois representations, then the same is true of the two moduli spaces. In particular, if the field of definition is finite and the K3 surfaces have equal zeta functions, then so do the moduli spaces, even when the moduli spaces are not birational.

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@article{arxiv.1810.06735,
  title  = {Moduli spaces of sheaves on K3 surfaces and Galois representations},
  author = {Sarah Frei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.06735},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages. Minor changes to match published version, which appeared in Selecta Math