On the ramification of Hecke algebras at Eisenstein primes

By Frank Calegari, M. Emerton. 2003

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Fix a prime p, and a modular residual representation ρ : GQ → GL2(Fp). Suppose f is a normalized cuspidal Hecke eigenform of some level N and weight k that gives rise to ρ, and let Kf denote the extension of Qp generated by the q-expansion coefficients an(f) of f . The field Kf is a finite extension of Qp. What can one say about the extension Kf/Qp? Buzzard [1] has made the following conjecture: if N is fixed, and k is allowed to vary, then the degree [Kf : Qp] is bounded independently of k. Little progress has been made on this conjecture so far; indeed, very little seems to have been proven at all regarding the degrees [Kf : Qp]. The goal of this paper is to consider a question somewhat orthogonal to that of Buzzard, namely, to fix the weight and vary the level. Moreover, we only consider certain reducible representations ρ that arise in Mazur’s study of the Eisenstein Ideal [7]. Our results suggest that the degrees [Kf : Qp] are, in fact, arithmetically significant. Suppose that N ≥ 5 is prime, and that p is a prime which exactly divides the numerator of (N−1)/12. Mazur ([7], Prop. 9.6, p. 96 and Prop. 19.1, p. 140) has shown that there is a weight two normalized cuspidal Hecke eigenform defined over Qp, unique up to conjugation by GQp (the Galois group of Qp over Qp), satisfying the congruence a`(f) ≡ 1 + ` mod p (1)

Subfields: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics

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In Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

  1. Akshay Venkatesh
  2. Frank Calegari

In Geometry and Topology

  1. Akshay Venkatesh
  2. Frank Calegari
  3. P. Michel
  4. R. Munshi
  5. Nicolas Templier
  6. V. Blomer
  7. Gergely Harcos
  8. Nicolas Bergeron

In Mathematical Physics

  1. Akshay Venkatesh
  2. Frank Calegari
  3. P. Michel
  4. R. Munshi
  5. V. Blomer
  6. Nicolas Templier
  7. Nicolas Bergeron
  8. Gergely Harcos

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