On the unobstructedness of the deformation problems of residual modular representations (Q1768114)

Let \(f\) be a primitive form of level \(N\),weight \(k\geq 2\) and character \(\varepsilon\). \textit{T. Weston} [Am. J. Math. 126, No. 6, 1234--1252 (2004; Zbl 1071.11027)] showed that if \(k>2\), then the \(\operatorname{mod} p\) representation \(\overline\rho\) associated to \(f\) is absolutely irreducible and the deformation problem for \(\overline\rho\) is unobstructed for almost all \(p\). His proof uses the theory of admissible automorphic representations and Dieudonné modules. The author gives a simpler proof of his result in some cases using elementary calculations of representation matrices of \(\text{Ad}(\overline\rho)\).