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Bounds for Serre's open image theorem for elliptic curves over number fields

Number Theory 2015-10-09 v5 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

For E/KE/K an elliptic curve without complex multiplication we bound the index of the image of Gal(Kˉ/K)\operatorname{Gal}(\bar{K}/K) in GL2(Z^)\operatorname{GL}_2(\hat{\mathbb{Z}}), the representation being given by the action on the Tate modules of EE at the various primes. The bound is effective and only depends on [K:Q][K:\mathbb{Q}] and on the stable Faltings height of EE. We also prove a result relating the structure of subgroups of GL2(Z)\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_\ell) to certain Lie algebras naturally attached to them.

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@article{arxiv.1403.3813,
  title  = {Bounds for Serre's open image theorem for elliptic curves over number fields},
  author = {Davide Lombardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3813},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Final version, accepted for publication in Algebra and Number Theory

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