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Very simple 2-adic representations and hyperelliptic jacobians

Algebraic Geometry 2016-09-07 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let KK be a number field, n>4n>4 an integer, f(x)f(x) an irreducible polynomial over KK of degree nn, whose Galois group is either the full symmetric group SnS_n or the alternating group AnA_n. Suppose C:y2=f(x)C:y^2=f(x) is the corresponding hyperelliptic curve and JJ its jacobian defined over KK. For each prime \ell we write V(J)V_{\ell}(J) for the QQ_{\ell}-Tate module of JJ and ee_{\ell} for the Riemann form on V(J)V_{\ell}(J) attached to the theta divisor. (Here QQ_{\ell} is the field of \ell-adic numbers.) We write sp(V(J))sp(V_{\ell}(J)) for the QQ_{\ell}-Lie algebra of the symplectic group of ee_{\ell}. We write gg_{\ell} for the Lie algebra of the image of the Galois group Gal(K)Gal(K) of KK in Aut(V(J))Aut(V_{\ell}(J)). We prove that gg_{\ell} coincides with the direct sum QIsp(V(J))Q_{\ell}I \oplus sp(V_{\ell}(J)) where II is the identity operator.

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@article{arxiv.math/0109014,
  title  = {Very simple 2-adic representations and hyperelliptic jacobians},
  author = {Yuri G. Zarhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0109014},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

LaTeX 2e, 27 pages Theorem 2.6 (stated in the abstract) was extended to the case of an arbitrary finitely generated field $K$ of characteristic zero. Some references were added, some typos corrected