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Finiteness of function field-valued points on exceptional Shimura varieties

Number Theory 2025-11-25 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let C/kC/k be a smooth curve over a finite field of characteristic p>0p>0. We prove that there are finitely many principally polarized abelian schemes of given dimension gg over CC up to pp-power isogeny. For curves over k\overline{k}, we prove that the moduli space of such abelian schemes is finite type up to pp-power isogeny. Moreover, we generalize this result to arbitrary (not necessarily abelian type) Shimura varieties SS and sufficiently large primes pp in terms of SS: The space of generically ordinary morphisms CSkC\to S_{k} (resp. CSk)C\to S_{\overline{k}}) is finite (resp. finite type) up to pp-Hecke orbits.

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@article{arxiv.2511.18206,
  title  = {Finiteness of function field-valued points on exceptional Shimura varieties},
  author = {Benjamin Bakker and Ananth N. Shankar and Jacob Tsimerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.18206},
  year   = {2025}
}

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