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Kevin Casto

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arXiv2017

Representation stability and arithmetic statistics of spaces of 0-cycles

We continue the study of a general class of spaces of 0-cycles on a manifold defined and begun by Farb-Wolfson-Wood. Using work of Gadish on linear subspace arrangements, we obtain representation stability for the cohomology of the ordered version of these spaces. We establish subexponential bounds on the growth of unstable cohomology, and the Grothendieck-Lefschetz trace formula then allows us to translate these topological stability phenomena to stabilization of statistics for spaces of 0-cycles over finite fields. In particular, we show that the average value of certain arithmetic quantities associated to rational maps over finite fields stabilizes as the degree goes to infinity.

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arXiv2017

$\mathrm{FI}_G$-modules and arithmetic statistics

This is a sequel to the paper [Cas]. Here, we extend the methods of Farb-Wolfson using the theory of FI_G-modules to obtain stability of equivariant Galois representations of the etale cohomology of orbit configuration spaces. We establish subexponential bounds on the growth of unstable cohomology, and then use the Grothendieck-Lefschetz trace formula to obtain results on arithmetic statistics for orbit configuration spaces over finite fields. In particular, we show that the average value, across polynomials over F_q, of certain Gauss sums over their roots, stabilizes as the degree goes to infinity.

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arXiv2016

$\mathrm{FI}_G$-modules, orbit configuration spaces, and complex reflection groups

The category $\mathrm{FI}_G$ was first defined and explored by Sam-Snowden. Here, we develop more of the machinery of $\mathrm{FI}_G$-modules and find numerous examples to apply it to, extending the work of Church-Ellenberg-Farb and Wilson. In particular we develop a notion of character polynomials for $\mathrm{FI}_G$-modules with $G$ finite, a notion of representation stability which we call $K_0$-stability even when $G$ is infinite virtually polycyclic, and apply the notion of finite presentation degree when $G$ is a general infinite group. We use this to analyze numerous families of $(G^n \rtimes S_n)$-modules, such as: -the cohomology and homotopy groups of orbit configuration spaces -the diagonal coinvariant algebra of complex reflection groups -the homology of affine pure braid groups of type $\widetilde{A}_n$ and $\widetilde{C}_n$ -the cohomology of Fouxe-Rabinowitsch groups and many more examples.

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