1-\(t\)-motifs (Q2197707)

Summary: We show that the module of rational points on an abelian \(t\)-module \(E\) is canonically isomorphic with the module \(\text{Ext}^1(M_E, K[t])\) of extensions of the trivial \(t\)-motif \(K[t]\) by the \(t\)-motif \(M_E\) associated with \(E\). This generalizes prior results of \textit{G. W. Anderson} and \textit{D. S. Thakur} [Ann. Math. (2) 132, No. 1, 159--191 (1990; Zbl 0713.11082)], \textit{M. A. Papanikolas} and \textit{N. Ramachandran} [J. Number Theory 98, No. 2, 407--431 (2003; Zbl 1090.11040)], and \textit{S. S. Woo} [Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 32, No. 2, 251--257 (1995; Zbl 0838.11042)]. In case \(E\) is uniformizable we show that this extension module is canonically isomorphic with the corresponding extension module of Pink-Hodge structures. This situation is formally very similar to Deligne's theory of 1-motifs and we have tried to build up the theory in a way that makes this analogy as clear as possible. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1441.14003].