Galois actions on fundamental groups of curves and the cycle $C-C^-$

Details Galois actions on fundamental groups of curves and the cycle $C-C^-$ Galois actions on fundamental groups of curves and the cycle $C-C^-$

2003-06-02

arxiv.org/abs/math/0306037v1

Mathematics

Number Theory

Latex2e, 35 pages

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Suppose that C is a smooth, projective, geometrically connected curve of genus g > 2 defined over a number field K. Suppose that x is a K-rational point of C. Denote the Lie algebra of the unipotent completion (over Q_ell) of the fundamental group of the corresponding complex analytic curve by p(C,x). This is acted on by both G_K (the Galois group of K) and Gamma, the mapping class group of the pointed complex curve. In this paper we show that the algebraic cycle C_x-C_x^- in the jacobian of C controls the size of the image of G_K in Aut p(C,x). More precisely, we give necessary and sufficient conditions, in terms of two Galois cohomology classes determined by this cycle, for the Zariski closure of the image of G_K in Aut p(C,x) to contain the image of the mapping class group. We also prove an equivalent version for the pro-ell fundamental group, an unpointed version, and a Galois analogue of the Harris-Pulte Theorem.

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