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Big monodromy for higher Prym representations

Algebraic Geometry 2025-10-14 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let ΣgΣg\Sigma_{g'}\to \Sigma_g be a cover of an orientable surface of genus g by an orientable surface of genus g', branched at n points, with Galois group H. Such a cover induces a virtual action of the mapping class group Modg,n+1\text{Mod}_{g,n+1} of a genus g surface with n+1 marked points on H1(Σg,C)H^1(\Sigma_{g'}, \mathbb{C}). When g is large in terms of the group H, we calculate precisely the connected monodromy group of this action. The methods are Hodge-theoretic and rely on a "generic Torelli theorem with coefficients."

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@article{arxiv.2401.13906,
  title  = {Big monodromy for higher Prym representations},
  author = {Aaron Landesman and Daniel Litt and Will Sawin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.13906},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Updated with minor changes incorporated in published version

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