Ramification of Tate modules for rank 2 Drinfeld modules (Q6619632)

In this paper, the authors study the ramification of extensions of a function field generated by division points of rank \(2\) Drinfeld modules. In particular, they define conductors of certain rank \(2\) Drinfeld modules, Lemma-Definition 4.1, which are analogues of those for elliptic curves. The computation of these conductors allows the authors to show an analogue of Szpiro's conjecture, Theorem 4.3, under certain conditions.\N\NLet \(F\) be a finite extension of \({\mathbb F}_q[t]\), \(\pi\in {\mathbb F}_q[t]\) be a polynomial of degree \(1\), and let \(\phi\) be a rank \(2\) Drinfeld \({\mathbb F}_q[t]\)-module over some extension \(L\) of \(F\). The main results Theorem 3.9 (2) and 3.15 (2), depend heavily on the valuations of elements in \(\phi[\pi^n]\) for any positive integer \(n\). These valuations are studied in Section 2.\N\NThe second author has generalized these results when the degree of \(\pi\) is greater than or equal to \(2\), but there are still difficulties in generalizing the results on the ramification of \(\phi[\pi^n]\).