Constructing hyperelliptic curves with surjective Galois representations

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Abstract: In this paper we show how to explicitly write down equations of hyperelliptic curves over Q such that for all odd primes l the image of the mod l Galois representation is the general symplectic group. The proof relies on understanding the action of inertia groups on the l-torsion of the Jacobian, including at primes where the Jacobian has non-semistable reduction. We also give a framework for systematically dealing with primitivity of symplectic mod l Galois representations. The main result of the paper is the following. Suppose n=2g+2 is an even integer that can be written as a sum of two primes in two different ways, with none of the primes being the largest primes less than n (this hypothesis appears to hold for all g different from 0,1,2,3,4,5,7 and 13). Then there is an explicit integer N and an explicit monic polynomial f0(x)inmathbbZ[x] of degree n, such that the Jacobian J of every curve of the form y2=f(x) has Gal(mathbbQ(J[l])/mathbbQ)congGSp2g(mathbbFl) for all odd primes l and Gal(mathbbQ(J[2])/mathbbQ)congS2g+2, whenever f(x)inmathbbZ[x] is monic with and with no roots of multiplicity greater than 2 in overlinemathbbFp for any p not dividing N.



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