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The canonical representation of the Drinfeld curve

Algebraic Geometry 2024-08-16 v2

Abstract

If CC is a smooth projective curve over an algebraically closed field F\mathbb{F} and GG is a subgroup of automorphisms of CC, then GG acts linearly on the F\mathbb{F}-vector space of holomorphic differentials H0(C,ΩC)H^0\big(C,\Omega_C\big) by pulling back differentials. In other words, H0(C,ΩC)H^0\big(C,\Omega_C\big) is a representation of GG over the field F\mathbb{F}, called the canonical representation\textit{the canonical representation} of CC. Computing its decomposition as a direct sum of indecomposable representations is still an open problem when the ramification of the cover of curves CC/GC \longrightarrow C/G is wild. In this paper, we compute this decomposition for CC the Drinfeld curve XYqXqYZq+1=0{XY^q-X^qY-Z^{q+1}=0}, F=Fˉq\mathbb{F}=\bar{\mathbb{F}}_q, and G=SL2(Fq){G=SL_2\big(\mathbb{F}_q\big)} where qq is a prime power.

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@article{arxiv.2108.05286,
  title  = {The canonical representation of the Drinfeld curve},
  author = {Lucas Laurent and Bernhard Köck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.05286},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages, to appear in Mathematische Nachrichten