Non-optimal levels of some reducible mod p modular representations

Abstract: Let

p g e q 5

be a prime,

N

be an integer not divisible by

p

,

be a reducible, odd and semi-simple representation of

G_{m a t h b b Q, N p}

and

e l l_{1}, c d o t s, e l l_{r}

be a set of primes not dividing

N p

. After assuming that certain Selmer group has dimension at most

1

, we find sufficient conditions for the existence of a cuspidal eigenform

f

of level

N p r o d_{i = 1}^{r} e l l_{i}

and appropriate weight lifting

such that

f

is new at every

e l l_{i}

. Moreover, if

e l l

is a prime such that

p m i d e l l + 1

and

e l l m i d N p

, we find sufficient conditions for the existence of a cuspidal eigenform of level

N e l l^{2}

and appropriate weight which is new at

e l l

and which lifts

. As a consequence, we prove a conjecture of Billerey--Menares in many cases.

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