Monodromy of codimension 1 subfamilies of universal curves

DOI10.1215/00127094-1593299zbMATH Open1260.14014arXiv1006.3785OpenAlexW2052728523MaRDI QIDQ428164FDOQ428164

Richard Hain

Publication date: 19 June 2012

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose that g > 2, that n > 0 and that m > 0. In this paper we show that if E is an irreducible smooth variety which dominates a divisor D in M_{g,n}[m], the moduli space of n-pointed, smooth curves of genus g with a level m structure, then the closure of the image of the monodromy representation pi_1(E,e)--> Sp_g(Zhat) has finite index in Sp_g(Zhat). A similar result is proved for codimension 1 families of the universal principally polarized abelian variety of dimension g > 2. Both results are deduced from a general "non-abelian strictness theorem". The first result is used in arXiv:1001.5008 to control the Galois cohomology of the function field of M_{g,n}[m] in degrees 1 and 2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3785

zbMATH Keywords

monodromymoduli space of curves with level structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of families (Picard-Lefschetz, monodromy, etc.) (14D05) Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45)

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