On the structure of locally potentially equivalent Galois representations

Suppose ρ1,ρ2 are two ℓ-adic Galois representations of the absolute Galois group of a number field, such that the algebraic monodromy group of one of the representations is connected and the representations are locally potentially equivalent at a set of places of positive upper density. We classify...

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Published inJournal of number theory Vol. 221; pp. 190 - 210
Main Authors Patankar, Vijay M., Rajan, C.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.04.2021
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Summary:Suppose ρ1,ρ2 are two ℓ-adic Galois representations of the absolute Galois group of a number field, such that the algebraic monodromy group of one of the representations is connected and the representations are locally potentially equivalent at a set of places of positive upper density. We classify such pairs of representations and show that up to twisting by some representation, it is given by a pair of representations one of which is trivial and the other abelian. Consequently, assuming that the first representation has connected algebraic monodromy group, we obtain that the representations are potentially equivalent, provided one of the following conditions hold: (a) the first representation is absolutely irreducible; (b) the ranks of the algebraic monodromy groups are equal; (c) the algebraic monodromy group of the second representation is also connected and (d) the commutant of the image of the second representation remains the same upon restriction to subgroups of finite index of the Galois group.
ISSN:0022-314X
1096-1658
DOI:10.1016/j.jnt.2020.05.020