Infinitely many primes of basic reduction for some abelian fourfolds

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Main Authors: Li, Wanlin, Mantovan, Elena, Pries, Rachel, Tang, Yunqing
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author Li, Wanlin
Mantovan, Elena
Pries, Rachel
Tang, Yunqing
author_facet Li, Wanlin
Mantovan, Elena
Pries, Rachel
Tang, Yunqing
contents If $E$ is an elliptic curve, defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ or a number field having at least one real embedding, then Elkies proved that $E$ has supersingular reduction at infinitely many primes $p$. Baba and Granath extended this result to certain curves $C$ of genus $2$ with field of moduli $\mathbb{Q}$, under a condition on the endomorphism ring of the Jacobian. In this paper, we extend these results to certain curves of genus $4$ having an automorphism of order $5$, proving that the Jacobians of these curves have basic reduction (as defined by Kottwitz) for infinitely many primes $p$. To do this, we study the complex uniformization of the Deligne--Mostow Shimura variety $\mathrm{Sh}$ associated with the one dimensional family of these curves. By analyzing the real points on $\mathrm{Sh}$, we compute three geodesics in the upper half plane that are edges of a fundamental triangle for the action of the unitary similitude group. Using representations of quadratic forms, we determine the points on $\mathrm{Sh}$ which represent curves whose Jacobians have complex multiplication by certain quadratic extensions of the cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(ζ_5)$. We conclude by studying the equidistribution of these points and the reduction of these CM cycles on the Shimura variety.
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spellingShingle Infinitely many primes of basic reduction for some abelian fourfolds
Li, Wanlin
Mantovan, Elena
Pries, Rachel
Tang, Yunqing
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
11F06, 11G15, 11G18, 11M38, 14G35, 11E12, 11R29, 14H10, 14K22, 32M15
If $E$ is an elliptic curve, defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ or a number field having at least one real embedding, then Elkies proved that $E$ has supersingular reduction at infinitely many primes $p$. Baba and Granath extended this result to certain curves $C$ of genus $2$ with field of moduli $\mathbb{Q}$, under a condition on the endomorphism ring of the Jacobian. In this paper, we extend these results to certain curves of genus $4$ having an automorphism of order $5$, proving that the Jacobians of these curves have basic reduction (as defined by Kottwitz) for infinitely many primes $p$. To do this, we study the complex uniformization of the Deligne--Mostow Shimura variety $\mathrm{Sh}$ associated with the one dimensional family of these curves. By analyzing the real points on $\mathrm{Sh}$, we compute three geodesics in the upper half plane that are edges of a fundamental triangle for the action of the unitary similitude group. Using representations of quadratic forms, we determine the points on $\mathrm{Sh}$ which represent curves whose Jacobians have complex multiplication by certain quadratic extensions of the cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(ζ_5)$. We conclude by studying the equidistribution of these points and the reduction of these CM cycles on the Shimura variety.
title Infinitely many primes of basic reduction for some abelian fourfolds
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
11F06, 11G15, 11G18, 11M38, 14G35, 11E12, 11R29, 14H10, 14K22, 32M15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05322