2019/01/12 by Vijay M. Patankar, Patankar, Vijay M., C. S. Rajan +1
Mathematics · #11F80 #11G05 #11G15 #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Commutative Algebra and Its Applications #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1901.03820
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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.