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Main Authors: McLeman, Cam, Rasmussen, Christopher
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18389
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author McLeman, Cam
Rasmussen, Christopher
author_facet McLeman, Cam
Rasmussen, Christopher
contents An abelian variety $A/K$ is heavenly at $\ell$ if the extension $K(A[\ell^\infty])/K(μ_{\ell^{\infty}}\!)$ is both pro-$\ell$ and unramified away from $\ell$. It is known that for a fixed quadratic field $K$, the number of $K$-isomorphism classes of heavenly elliptic curves is finite, even running over all primes $\ell$. We prove a complementary result, that for a fixed prime $\ell\geq 7$, there are only finitely many such classes, even running over all quadratic fields. This naturally raises the question of whether to expect a finiteness result when both $K$ and $\ell$ are allowed to vary. We demonstrate similarities in the behavior of heavenly elliptic curves and elliptic curves with complex multiplication, in terms of their Frobenius traces modulo $\ell$. We determine the complete list of heavenly elliptic curves defined over quadratic fields with complex multiplication and with irrational $j$-invariant (up to isomorphism). We include various extensions of our results to higher degree fields and higher-dimensional abelian varieties where possible.
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spellingShingle Heavenly elliptic curves over quadratic fields
McLeman, Cam
Rasmussen, Christopher
Number Theory
11G05, 11G10, 11G15
An abelian variety $A/K$ is heavenly at $\ell$ if the extension $K(A[\ell^\infty])/K(μ_{\ell^{\infty}}\!)$ is both pro-$\ell$ and unramified away from $\ell$. It is known that for a fixed quadratic field $K$, the number of $K$-isomorphism classes of heavenly elliptic curves is finite, even running over all primes $\ell$. We prove a complementary result, that for a fixed prime $\ell\geq 7$, there are only finitely many such classes, even running over all quadratic fields. This naturally raises the question of whether to expect a finiteness result when both $K$ and $\ell$ are allowed to vary. We demonstrate similarities in the behavior of heavenly elliptic curves and elliptic curves with complex multiplication, in terms of their Frobenius traces modulo $\ell$. We determine the complete list of heavenly elliptic curves defined over quadratic fields with complex multiplication and with irrational $j$-invariant (up to isomorphism). We include various extensions of our results to higher degree fields and higher-dimensional abelian varieties where possible.
title Heavenly elliptic curves over quadratic fields
topic Number Theory
11G05, 11G10, 11G15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18389