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Selmer groups of symmetric powers of ordinary modular Galois representations

Number Theory 2024-05-10 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a fixed odd prime number, μ\mu be a Hida family over the Iwasawa algebra of one variable, ρμ\rho_{\mu} its Galois representation, Q/Q\mathbb{Q}_\infty/\mathbb{Q} the pp-cyclotomic tower and SS the variable of the cyclotomic Iwasawa algebra. We compare, for n4n\leq 4 and under certain assumptions, the characteristic power series L(S)L(S) of the dual of Selmer groups Sel(Q,Sym2ndetnρμ)\mathrm{Sel}(\mathbb{Q}_{\infty},\mathrm{Sym}^{2n}\otimes\mathrm{det}^{-n}\rho_{\mu}) to certain congruence ideals. The case n=1n=1 has been treated by H.Hida. In particular, we express the first term of the Taylor expansion at the trivial zero S=0S=0 of L(S)L(S) in terms of an L\mathcal{L}-invariant and a congruence number. We conjecture the non-vanishing of this L\mathcal{L}-invariant; this implies therefore that these Selmer groups are cotorsion. We also show that our L\mathcal{L}-invariants coincide with Greenberg's L\mathcal{L}-invariants calculated by R.Harron and A.Jorza.

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@article{arxiv.1802.08329,
  title  = {Selmer groups of symmetric powers of ordinary modular Galois representations},
  author = {Xiaoyu Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.08329},
  year   = {2024}
}