On complete families of curves with a given fundamental group in positive characteristic (Q811861)

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On complete families of curves with a given fundamental group in positive characteristic
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    On complete families of curves with a given fundamental group in positive characteristic (English)
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    23 January 2006
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    Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(p>0\) and let \(S\subset M_g\) be any complete subvariety of positive dimension of the coarse moduli space \(M_g\) over \(k\) of proper smooth curves of genus \(g\geq 2\). In this paper the author shows the existence of some specialization of points \(x\rightsquigarrow y\) on \(S\) such that the specialization homomorphism of geometric fundamental groups of the represented curves \(\pi_1(C_{\bar x})\to \pi_1(C_{\bar y})\) is not an isomorphism. For the proof, we may assume \(S\) is a complete curve with generic point \(\eta\). Then, combining Tamagawa's technique of equi-characteristic deformation of generalized Prym varieties [\textit{A. Tamagawa}, J. Algebr. Geom. 13, No.~4, 675--724 (2004; Zbl 1100.14021)] with the isotriviality of complete families of ordinary abelian varieties due to Raynaud, Szpiro and Moret-Baily [\textit{L. Moret-Bailly}, Pinceaux de variétés abéliennes. Astérisque, 129 (1985; Zbl 0595.14032)], one finds a closed point \(s_0\) on \(S\) and a prime \(\ell (\neq p)\gg 0\) such that the Jacobians of certain corresponding \(\ell\)-cyclic étale covers of \(C_{\bar s_0}\) and of \(C_{\bar \eta}\) have different \(p\)-ranks.
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    anabelian geometry
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