Selmer growth and a "triangulordinary" local condition
By: by Jonathan Livaudais Pottharst
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Description: We present two results about Selmer groups. Given a torsion p -adic Galois representation A of a number field K , the Selmer group of A over K is the subspace of Galois cohomology H 1 ( G K , A ) consisting of cycles c satisfying certain local conditions, i.e. such that the restrictions res v ( c ) ∈ H 1 ( G v , A ) to decomposition groups G v (for places v of K ) lie in distinguished subspaces L v ⊆ H 1 ( G v , A ). These groups are conjecturally related to algebraic cycles (à la Shafarevich-Tate) on the one hand, and on the other to special values of L -functions (à la Bloch-Kato). Our first result shows how, using a global symmetry (the sign of functional equation under Tate global duality), one can produce increasingly large Selmer groups over the finite subextensions of a [Special characters omitted.] -extension of K . Our second result gives a new characterization of the Selmer group, namely of the local condition L v for v | p . It uses ([varphi], [Special characters omitted.] )-modules over Berger's Robba ring [Special characters omitted.] to give a vast generalization of the well-known "ordinary" condition of Greenberg to the nonordinary setting. We deduce a definition of Selmer groups for overconvergent modular forms (of finite slope). We also propose a program, using variational techniques, that would give a definition of the Selmer group along the eigencurve of Coleman-Mazur, including notably its nonordinary locus.
Notes: "May 2008."

Thesis (Ph.D., Dept. of Mathematics)--Harvard University, 2008.

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