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Generalized Kuga-Satake theory and rigid local systems, I: the middle convolution

Number Theory 2014-07-09 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

This note explains an approach to producing examples of 'generalized Kuga-Satake theory' based on establishing special cases of Simpson's conjecture that rigid local systems are motivic. This strategy is then carried out, using work of Bogner and Reiter, in a low-dimensional example, producing the first non-trivial examples of generalized Kuga-Satake theory outside of the Tannakian category of motives generated by abelian varieties. For a more robust collection of examples, see the sequel "Generalized Kuga-Satake theory and rigid local systems, II: rigid Hecke eigensheaves."

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@article{arxiv.1407.1942,
  title  = {Generalized Kuga-Satake theory and rigid local systems, I: the middle convolution},
  author = {Stefan Patrikis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.1942},
  year   = {2014}
}

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