Local-to-global extensions of representations of fundamental groups (Q1057951)

Let \(K\) be a field of characteristic \(p>0\), \(C\) a proper, smooth, geometrically connected curve over \(K\), and \(0\) and \(\infty\) two \(K\)-rational points on \(C\). We show that any representation of the local Galois group at \(\infty\) extends to a representation of the fundamental group of \(C\setminus\{0,\infty\}\) which is tamely ramified at \(0\), provided either that \(K\) is separately closed or that \(C\) is \(\mathbb P^1\). In the latter case, we show there exists a unique such extension, called ``canonical'', with the property that the image of the geometric fundamental group has a unique \(p\)-Sylow subgroup. As an application, we give a global cohomological construction of the Swan representation in equal characteristic.