arXiv · 2605.02577
Anabelian geometry for Deligne-Mumford curves
Abstract
We develop an anabelian framework for general Deligne-Mumford curves, showing that their stack and orbifold structures are encoded in the group-theoretic properties of their \'etale fundamental groups. After establishing the required properties for profinite F-groups, we prove that fundamental geometric features, including hyperbolicity, affineness, and inertia data, can already be detected from low-level solvable quotients of the associated profinite groups, namely at the optimal 3-step level. As a consequence, we obtain some anabelian reconstruction results for Deligne-Mumford curves, their rigidifications, and their coarsification. While the m-step Grothendieck conjecture doesn't hold for Deligne-Mumford curves, we establish a 5-step anabelian theorem for the rigidification of affine Deligne-Mumford curves, namely affine stacky curves. A certain emphasis is given to the role of stack inertia groups.
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Benjamin Collas, Séverin Philip, Naganori Yamaguchi. 2026-05-04. Anabelian geometry for Deligne-Mumford curves. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02577
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