Obstruction criteria for modular deformation problems

Abstract: For a newform

f = s u m a_{n} q^{n}

of weight

k g e q 3

and a prime

l a m b d a

of

m a t h b f Q (a_{n})

, the deformation problem for its associated mod

l a m b d a

Galois representation is unobstructed for all primes outside some finite set. Previous results gave an explicit bound on this finite set for

f

of squarefree level; we modify this bound and remove the squarefree hypothesis. We also show that if the

l a m b d a

-adic deformation problem for

f

is unobstructed, then

f

is not congruent mod

l a m b d a

to a newform of lower level.

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