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The 1-eigenspace for matrices in $\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_\ell)$

Number Theory 2017-08-03 v2

Abstract

Fix some prime number \ell and consider an open subgroup GG either of GL2(Z)\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_\ell) or of the normalizer of a Cartan subgroup of GL2(Z)\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_\ell). The elements of GG act on (Z/nZ)2(\mathbb{Z}/\ell^n \mathbb{Z})^2 for every n1n\geqslant 1 and hence also on the direct limit, and we call 1-eigenspace the group of fixed points. We partition GG by considering the possible group structures for the 1-eigenspace and show how to evaluate with a finite procedure the Haar measure of all sets in the partition. The results apply to all elliptic curves defined over a number field, where we consider the image of the \ell-adic representation and the Galois action on the torsion points of order a power of \ell.

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@article{arxiv.1612.02845,
  title  = {The 1-eigenspace for matrices in $\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_\ell)$},
  author = {Davide Lombardo and Antonella Perucca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.02845},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Minor changes and other updates to incorporate referee comments. Final version