Nonsmooth classical points on eigenvarieties (Q953966)

The eigenvarieties are \(p\)-adic rigid-analytic spaces interpolating the Hecke eigenvalues of algebraic automorphic eigenforms for a given reductive group \(G\) over \(\mathbb Q\), with finite slope at \(p\), having a fixed level but an arbitrary weight. Still, very little is known about their geometry. The author considers the following two questions: (i) are the eigenvarieties smooth at classical point? (ii) are the irreducible components of the eigenvarieties smooth? He offers a negative answer to both these questions for higher-dimensional eigenvarieties. He considers eigenvarieties of a unitary group in three variables defined over \(\mathbb Q\), and produces many examples of classical points that are nonsmooth in every component in which they belong. He uses these points to construct geometrically several independent extensions in the relevant Selmer group (Section 7). It is a strong encouragement for the hope that the whole relevant Selmer group is seen by the eigenvariety. Note, that, in the case of the eigencurve of \textit{R. Coleman} and \textit{B. Mazur} [The eigencurve. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 254, 1--113 (1998; Zbl 0932.11030)], the answer to the first question is affirmative. The methods used in this article rely heavily on those of \textit{G. Chenevier} and the author described in [Families of Galois representations and Selmer groups. Astérisque 324. Paris: Société Mathématique de France (2009; Zbl 1192.11035)].