Arithmetic representations of fundamental groups II: finiteness

DOI10.1215/00127094-2020-0086arXiv1809.03524MaRDI QIDQ6306509FDOQ6306509

Authors: Daniel Litt 

Publication date: 10 September 2018

Abstract: Let $X$ be a smooth curve over a finitely generated field $k$, and let $ell$ be a prime different from the characteristic of $k$. We analyze the dynamics of the Galois action on the deformation rings of mod $ell$ representations of the geometric fundamental group of $X$. Using this analysis, we prove analogues of the Shafarevich and Fontaine-Mazur finiteness conjectures for function fields over algebraically closed fields in arbitrary characteristic, and a weak variant of the Frey-Mazur conjecture for function fields in characteristic zero. For example, we show that if $X$ is a normal, connected variety over $mathbbC$, the (typically infinite) set of representations of $p{i}_1(X^{extan})$ into $G{L}_n(overlinemathbb{Q}_{e}ll)$, which come from geometry, has no limit points. As a corollary, we deduce that if $L$ is a finite extension of $mathbb{Q}_{e}ll$, then the set of representations of $p{i}_1(X^{extan})$ into $G{L}_n(L)$, which arise from geometry, is finite.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Arithmetic algebraic geometry (Diophantine geometry) (11G99)

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