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Ultra-Kolyvagin systems and non-ordinary Selmer groups

Number Theory 2025-11-19 v2

Abstract

We develop a machine for bounding Selmer groups of Galois representations via Euler systems in "non-ordinary" settings, using Pottharst's definition of Selmer groups via Robba-ring (φ,Γ)(\varphi, \Gamma)-modules. Our approach relies on Sweeting's interpretation of Kolyvagin derivative classes via non-principal ultrafilters. We apply these results to prove new cases of the cyclotomic Iwasawa main conjecture for non-ordinary Rankin--Selberg convolutions.

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@article{arxiv.2511.08793,
  title  = {Ultra-Kolyvagin systems and non-ordinary Selmer groups},
  author = {David Loeffler and Sarah Livia Zerbes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.08793},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

25 pages. Version 2: added details to clarify topological issues in section 3.5