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Lassina Dembele

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arXiv2022

Some extensions of the modular method and Fermat equations of signature $(13,13,n)$

We provide several extensions of the modular method which were motivated by the problem of completing previous work to prove that, for any integer $n \geq 2$, the equation \[ x^{13} + y^{13} = 3 z^n \] has no non-trivial solutions. In particular, we present four elimination techniques which are based on: (1) establishing reducibility of certain residual Galois representations over a totally real field; (2) generalizing image of inertia arguments to the setting of abelian surfaces; (3) establishing congruences of Hilbert modular forms without the use of often impractical Sturm bounds; and (4) a unit sieve argument which combines information from classical descent and the modular method. The extensions are of broader applicability and provide further evidence that it is possible to obtain a complete resolution of a family of generalized Fermat equations by remaining within the framework of the modular method. As a further illustration of this, we complete a theorem of Anni-Siksek to show that, for $\ell, m\ge 5$, the only solutions to the equation $x^{2\ell} + y^{2m} = z^{13}$ are the trivial ones.

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arXiv2021

An intriguing hyperelliptic Shimura curve quotient of genus 16

Let $F$ be the maximal totally real subfield of $\mathbf{Q}(ζ_{32})$, the cyclotomic field of $32$nd roots of unity. Let $D$ be the quaternion algebra over $F$ ramified exactly at the unique prime above $2$ and 7 of the real places of $F$. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a maximal order in $D$, and $X_0^D(1)$ the Shimura curve attached to $\mathcal{O}$. Let $C = X_0^D(1)/\langle w_D \rangle$, where $w_D$ is the unique Atkin-Lehner involution on $X_0^D(1)$. We show that the curve $C$ has several striking features. First, it is a hyperelliptic curve of genus $16$, whose hyperelliptic involution is exceptional. Second, there are $34$ Weierstrass points on $C$, and exactly half of these points are CM points; they are defined over the Hilbert class field of the unique CM extension $E/F$ of class number $17$ contained in $\mathbf{Q}(ζ_{64})$, the cyclotomic field of $64$th roots of unity. Third, the normal closure of the field of $2$-torsion of the Jacobian of $C$ is the Harbater field $N$, the unique Galois number field $N/\mathbf{Q}$ unramified outside $2$ and $\infty$, with Galois group $\mathrm{Gal}(N/\mathbf{Q})\simeq F_{17} = \mathbf{Z}/17\mathbf{Z} \rtimes (\mathbf{Z}/17\mathbf{Z})^\times$. In fact, the Jacobian $\mathrm{Jac}(X_0^D(1))$ has the remarkable property that each of its simple factors has a $2$-torsion field whose normal closure is the field $N$. Finally, and perhaps the most striking fact about $C$, is that it is also hyperelliptic over $\mathbf{Q}$.

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arXiv2019

On the existence of abelian surfaces with everywhere good reduction

Let $D \le 2000$ be a positive discriminant such that $F = \mathbf{Q}(\sqrt{D})$ has narrow class one, and $A/F$ an abelian surface of ${\rm GL}_2$-type with everywhere good reduction. Assuming that $A$ is modular, we show that $A$ is either an $F$-surface or is a base change from $\mathbf{Q}$ of an abelian surface $B$ such that ${\rm End}_{\mathbf{Q}}(B) = \mathbf{Z}$, except for $D = 353, 421, 1321, 1597$ and $1997$. In the latter case, we show that there are indeed abelian surfaces with everywhere good reduction over $F$ for $D = 353, 421$ and $1597$, which are non-isogenous to their Galois conjugates. These are the first known such examples.

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arXiv2018

Non-paritious Hilbert modular forms

The arithmetic of Hilbert modular forms has been extensively studied under the assumption that the forms concerned are "paritious" -- all the components of the weight are congruent modulo 2. In contrast, non-paritious Hilbert modular forms have been relatively little studied, both from a theoretical and a computational standpoint. In this article, we aim to redress the balance somewhat by studying the arithmetic of non-paritious Hilbert modular eigenforms. On the theoretical side, our starting point is a theorem of Patrikis, which associates projective l-adic Galois representations to these forms. We show that a general conjecture of Buzzard and Gee actually predicts that a strengthening of Patrikis' result should hold, giving Galois representations into certain groups intermediate between GL(2) and PGL(2), and we verify that the predicted Galois representations do indeed exist. On the computational side, we give an algorithm to compute non-paritious Hilbert modular forms using definite quaternion algebras. To our knowledge, this is the first time such a general method has been presented. We end the article with a selection of examples.

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arXiv2017

Compatibility between base change and Hecke orbits of Hilbert newforms

Let $F/E$ be a Galois extension of totally real number fields, with Galois group $\mathrm{Gal}(F/E)$. Let $\mathfrak{N}$ be an integral ideal which is $\mathrm{Gal}(F/E)$-invariant, and $k \ge 2$ an integer. In this note, we study the action of $\mathrm{Gal}(F/E)$ on the Hecke orbits of Hilbert newforms of level $\mathfrak{N}$ and weight $k$. We also discuss the geometric counterpart to this action, which is closely related to the notion of abelian varieties potentially of $\mathrm{GL}_2$-type. The two actions have some consequences in relation with Langlands Functoriality. We conclude with an example over the maximal totally real subfield $F = \mathbf{Q}(ζ_{32})^+$ of the cyclotomic field of 32nd root of unity. Let $D$ be the quaternion algebra over $F$ ramified exactly at the unique prime above $2$ and $7$ real places, and $X_0^D(1)$ the Shimura curve attached to $D$. Among other things, our example shows that the field of $2$-torsion of the Jacobian of the curve $X_0^D(1)$ (and its Atkin-Lehner quotient) is the unique Galois extension $N/\mathbf{Q}$ unramified outside $2$, with Galois group the Frobenius group $F_{17} = \mathbf{Z}/17\mathbf{Z} \rtimes (\mathbf{Z}/17\mathbf{Z})^\times$. This completes Noam Elkies' answer~\cite{elk15} to a question posed by Jeremy Rouse on \verb|mathoverflow.net|.

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arXiv2016

Serre weights and wild ramification in two-dimensional Galois representations

A generalization of Serre's Conjecture asserts that if $F$ is a totally real field, then certain characteristic $p$ representations of Galois groups over $F$ arise from Hilbert modular forms. Moreover it predicts the set of weights of such forms in terms of the local behavior of the Galois representation at primes over $p$. This characterization of the weights, which is formulated using $p$-adic Hodge theory, is known under mild technical hypotheses if $p > 2$. In this paper we give, under the assumption that $p$ is unramified in $F$, a conjectural alternative description for the set of weights. Our approach is to use the Artin-Hasse exponential and local class field theory to construct bases for local Galois cohomology spaces in terms of which we identify subspaces that should correspond to ones defined using $p$-adic Hodge theory. The resulting conjecture amounts to an explicit description of wild ramification in reductions of certain crystalline Galois representations. It enables the direct computation of the set of Serre weights of a Galois representation, which we illustrate with numerical examples. A proof of this conjecture has been announced by Calegari, Emerton, Gee and Mavrides.

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arXiv2015

Examples of abelian surfaces with everywhere good reduction

We describe several explicit examples of simple abelian surfaces over real quadratic fields with real multiplication and everywhere good reduction. These examples provide evidence for the Eichler-Shimura conjecture for Hilbert modular forms over a real quadratic field. Several of the examples also support a conjecture of Brumer and Kramer on abelian varieties associated to Siegel modular forms with paramodular level structures.

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arXiv2014

Theta Lifts of Bianchi Modular Forms and Applications to Paramodularity

We explain how the work of Johnson-Leung and Roberts on lifting Hilbert modular forms for real quadratic fields to Siegel modular forms can be adapted to imaginary quadratic fields. For this we use archimedean results from Harris, Soudry, Taylor and replace the global arguments of Roberts by the non-vanishing result of Takeda. As an application of our lifting result, we exhibit an abelian surface $B$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$, which is not restriction of scalars of an elliptic curve and satisfies the Brumer-Kramer Paramodularity Conjecture.

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arXiv2011

Explicit methods for Hilbert modular forms

We exhibit algorithms to compute systems of Hecke eigenvalues for spaces of Hilbert modular forms over a totally real field. We provide many explicit examples as well as applications to modularity and Galois representations.

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arXiv2009

On the computation of algebraic modular forms on compact inner forms of $\mathrm{GSp}_4$

In this paper, we describe an algorithm for computing algebraic modular forms on compact inner forms of $\mathrm{GSp}_4$ over totally real number fields. By analogues of the Jacquet-Langlands correspondence for $\mathrm{GL}_2$, this algorithm in fact computes Hecke eigensystems of Hilbert-Siegel modular forms of genus 2. We give some examples of such eigensystems over $\Q(\sqrt{2})$.

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arXiv2008

A non-solvable Galois extension of $\Q$ ramified at 2 only

In this paper, we show the existence of a non-solvable Galois extension of $\Q$ which is unramified outside 2. The extension $K$ we construct has degree $2251731094732800=2^{19}(3\cdot 5\cdot 17\cdot 257)^2$ and has root discriminant $δ_K <2^{47/8}=58.68...$, and is totally complex.

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arXiv2007

Computing Hilbert modular forms over fields with nontrivial class group

In previous work, the first author developed an algorithm for the computation of Hilbert modular forms. In this paper, we extend this to all totally real number fields of even degree and nontrivial class group. Using the algorithm over $\Q(\sqrt{10})$ and $\Q(\sqrt{85})$ and their Hilbert class fields, we present some new instances of the conjectural Eichler-Shimura construction for totally real fields, and in particular find new examples of modular abelian varieties with everywhere good reduction.

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