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On the Fontaine–Mazur conjecture for 22-adic representations

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Let FF be a totally real field, abelian over \Q, in which 22 splits completely, and let \rho:G_F\to\GL_2(\overline\Q_2) be an odd irreducible representation, de Rham with distinct Hodge–Tate weights at the places above 22, whose residual representation is reducible with distinct characters at the places above 22. We prove that ρ\rho is modular in the following cases: if ρ\rho is non-split at every place above 22 at which it is reducible, which includes the case where ρ\rho is irreducible at all places above 22, and, without any condition on the splitness, if ρ\rho is of Steinberg type at some finite place not dividing 22, using an analogue at 22, which we prove, of Pan's finiteness theorem for fully ordinary deformation rings. Both results include the mixed case, in which ρ\rho is reducible at some places above 22 and irreducible at others. The pro-modularity input is obtained by extending to these fields the method of \cite{OAI}, which treats representations of G_\Q; this is where we use that the residual characters are distinct at 22. For F=\Q(\sqrt q) with q≡1(mod8)q\equiv1\pmod8 prime, we remove the condition at 22 from the first result in most cases; for F=\Q(\sqrt{17}) this includes every case where the residual semisimplification is scalar. The first result also holds when the residual representation is irreducible with solvable image, where residual modularity follows from an odd Artin lift. For the second result we combine the method of \cite{Die26b} with Thorne's potential modularity theorem for ordinary representations of weight two and the local indecomposability theorem of Hida and Zhao.

Introduction

Setting

1.1. Setting. Let FF be a totally real field, abelian over Q\mathbb{Q}, in which 22 splits completely, so that Fv=Q2F_v=\mathbb{Q}_2 for every place v∣2v\mid2. Let E/Q2E/\mathbb{Q}_2 be a finite extension with ring of integers O\mathcal{O}, uniformizer ϖ\varpi and residue field F\mathbb{F}, which we enlarge when necessary. Let ρ:GF→GL2(E)\rho:G_F\to\mathrm{GL}_2(E) be a continuous, absolutely irreducible, totally odd representation, unramified outside finitely many places. Let Σ2\Sigma_2 be the set of places above 22, fix a partition Σ2=Σn⊔Σo\Sigma_2=\Sigma_n\sqcup\Sigma_o, and consider, as in [Die26a, §1.2], the conditions:

  • (N) for v∈Σnv\in\Sigma_n, ρv=ρ∣GFv\rho_v=\rho|_{G_{F_v}} is irreducible and de Rham with distinct Hodge–Tate weights;

  • (O) for v∈Σov\in\Sigma_o, ρv\rho_v is reducible and de Rham with distinct Hodge–Tate weights;

  • (R) ρˉss=χˉ1⊕χˉ2\bar{\rho}^{\mathrm{ss}}=\bar{\chi}_1\oplus\bar{\chi}_2, the character χˉ=χˉ1χˉ2−1\bar{\chi}=\bar{\chi}_1\bar{\chi}_2^{-1} extends to a character χ~\widetilde{\chi} of GQG_{\mathbb{Q}}, and χˉ∣GFv≠1\bar{\chi}|_{G_{F_v}}\ne1 for every v∣2v\mid2.

Since 22 splits completely, χˉ∣GFv=χ~∣GQ2\bar{\chi}|_{G_{F_v}}=\widetilde{\chi}|_{G_{\mathbb{Q}_2}} for all v∣2v\mid2. The character χ~\widetilde{\chi} has odd order, hence is unramified at $2, and the last condition in (R) says that χ~(Frob⁡2)≠1\widetilde{\chi}(\operatorname{Frob}_2)\ne1. Since the mod 22 cyclotomic character is trivial, (R) contains the analogue of the condition χˉ∣GFv≠1\bar{\chi}|_{G_{F_v}}\ne1 of [15]. Under (O), the Jordan–Hölder character of ρv\rho_v with the smaller Hodge–Tate number is a subcharacter of ρv\rho_v (Lemma 2.1); it is the classical character ψvcl\psi_v^{\mathrm{cl}}.

For odd pp, the case Σo=∅\Sigma_o=\varnothing is due to Pan [26] and Zhang [38], the case Σn=∅\Sigma_n=\varnothing to Pan [26 Theorem 5.1.2], and the mixed case is treated in [Die26a, Die26b]. Over Q\mathbb{Q} there is a single place above 22, the mixed case does not occur, and the Fontaine–Mazur conjecture at 22 is proved in [OAI]. The purpose of this paper is to extend the methods of [Die26a, Die26b] to p=2p=2 over the fields FF above.

The pro-modularity input.

Pseudo-representations are understood as determinants in the sense of Chenevier [11]. Let Σ\Sigma be a finite set of places of FF containing the infinite places, the places above 22 and those at which ρ\rho is ramified. Put χ=det⁡ρ\chi= \det\rho and, for a field K⊃FK \supset F, let RKpsR^{\mathrm{ps}}_K be the universal deformation ring of the determinant of ρˉss∣GK\bar{\rho}^{\mathrm{ss}}|_{G_K} for the group GK,ΣKG_{K,\Sigma_K}, with determinant χ∣GK\chi|_{G_K}, where ΣK\Sigma_K is the set of places above Σ\Sigma. For KK totally real of even degree, let TK(Up)\mathbb{T}_K(U^p) be the Hecke algebra of the completed cohomology at 22 of the quaternion algebra over KK ramified exactly at the infinite places, of tame level UpU^p and central character χε\chi\varepsilon, localized at the maximal ideal of ρˉss\bar{\rho}^{\mathrm{ss}} (§3.1). It is a quotient of RKpsR^{\mathrm{ps}}_K.

Hypothesis 1.1 (PM). There are totally real fields F⊂K⊂F1F \subset K \subset F_1 of even degree, in which 22 splits completely, with K/FK/F Galois and solvable and F1/QF_1/\mathbb{Q} Galois and solvable, such that for every irreducible component CC of Spec⁡RKps\operatorname{Spec} R^{\mathrm{ps}}_K containing the point defined by ρ∣GK\rho|_{G_K}, the image of CC in Spec⁡RF1ps\operatorname{Spec} R^{\mathrm{ps}}_{F_1} under restriction to GF1G_{F_1} lies in the image of Spec⁡TF1(Up)\operatorname{Spec} \mathbb{T}_{F_1}(U^p) for some tame level UpU^p.

For odd pp, [38 Theorem 5.5.1] gives the stronger statement with K=F1K = F_1, for p≥5p \ge5 the corresponding result of Pan, and its proof uses no local condition at pp [Die26a, Proposition 4.5]. For p=2p = 2 and representations of GQG_{\mathbb{Q}}, the analogous statement is [OAI, Theorem 7.1]. In § 8 we prove:

Theorem 1.2 (Theorem 8.4). Assume (R), that ρ\rho is de Rham with distinct Hodge–Tate weights at some place above 22 and not induced from a character of an index two subgroup, and that det⁡ρ=εwχ0\det\rho= \varepsilon^w\chi_0 with χ0\chi_0 of finite order. Then (PM) holds.

The last condition holds under (N) and (O), by §2.2; it is needed because the propagation theorem and the Hecke algebras of [OAI] use a determinant of this form.

The proof follows [OAI, §§6–7]. The base field Q\mathbb{Q} enters there through the construction of auxiliary fields with controlled Selmer groups [OAI, Proposition 6.1], which we carry out over FF when χˉ∣GQ2≠1\bar{\chi}|_{G_{\mathbb{Q}_2}} \ne1, replacing the conductor primes of cyclotomic fields by suitable primes of FF and ray class fields; through Leopoldt’s conjecture for the abelian fields so constructed, which we replace by Waldschmidt’s bound for the Leopoldt defect; and through the modular seed [OAI, Lemma 7.2], which we obtain by base change from Q\mathbb{Q}. Besides [OAI, §§5 and 7], which are used with these modifications, we use from [OAI] three results on completed cohomology at 22 over general totally real fields: the structure of completed forms, local–global compatibility for the blocks at 22, and the lower bound for the dimension of Hecke algebras [OAI, Propositions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4].

Main results.

Theorem A. Assume (N), (O) and (R), and that ρv\rho_v is non-split for every v∈Σ0v \in\Sigma_0. Then ρ\rho is modular.

This includes the case Σ0=∅\Sigma_0 = \varnothing, the analogue at 22 of Pan’s theorem in the generic case, and the case Σn=∅\Sigma_n = \varnothing with ρ\rho non-split at all places above $2. To remove the non-split hypothesis we assume:

(St) there is a finite place v0∤2v_0 \nmid2 of FF at which ρ\rho is of Steinberg type, that is, the Weil–Deligne representation of ρ∣GFv0\rho|_{G_{F_{v_0}}} has non-zero monodromy.

For odd pp, the method of [15] uses Pan’s finiteness theorem for fully ordinary pseudo-deformation rings [26 Theorem 5.1.2(1)]. For p=2p = 2 we prove its analogue (Theorem 8.9), using the pro-modularity of § 8 and the structure of the generic blocks of GL⁡2(Q2)\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{Q}_2). For a totally real field KK in which 22 splits completely, let RKredR^{\mathrm{red}}_K be the quotient of RKpsR^{\mathrm{ps}}_K on which the universal determinant is reducible on every decomposition group above 22, and ΛK=O[[∏v∣2(1+4Z2)]]\Lambda_K = \mathcal{O}[[\prod_{v|2}(1 + 4\mathbb{Z}_2)]], acting through the characters ψv(1)\psi_v^{(1)} of Definition 4.1. Let us write (OF) for the statement that RKredR^{\mathrm{red}}_K is finite over ΛK\Lambda_K; Theorem 8.9 proves it for the field KK used below.

Theorem B. Assume (N), (O), (R) and (St). Then ρ\rho is modular.

No condition is imposed on the splitness of ρv\rho_v for v∈Σov \in\Sigma_o or on the Hodge–Tate weights beyond (N) and (O).

Over real quadratic fields we can remove the condition χˉ∣Gv≠1\bar{\chi}|_{G_v} \ne1 from Theorem A in most cases. Let q≡1(mod8)q \equiv1 \pmod{8} be a prime, F=Q(q)F = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{q}), and wqw_q the place of FF above qq. Consider the condition (S) that a totally positive generator of wh+w^{h^+}, for a place w∣2w \mid2 and h+h^+ the narrow class number, is not a square at the other place above 2 (Lemma 9.1). It holds for q=17q = 17.

Theorem C (Theorem 9.4). Let F=Q(q)F = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{q}) be as above. Assume (N), (O), that ρˉss=χˉ1⊕χˉ2\bar{\rho}^{\mathrm{ss}} = \bar{\chi}_1 \oplus\bar{\chi}_2 with χˉ=χˉ1χˉ2−1\bar{\chi} = \bar{\chi}_1\bar{\chi}_2^{-1} extending to GQG_{\mathbb{Q}}, and that ρv\rho_v is non-split for every v∈Σov \in\Sigma_o. Assume that χˉ∣Gv≠1\bar{\chi}|_{G_v} \ne1 for v∣2v \mid2; or that χˉ=1\bar{\chi} = 1 and FF satisfies (S); or that χˉ≠1\bar{\chi} \ne1, ρ\rho is unramified at wqw_q and χˉ(Frob⁡wq)≠1\bar{\chi}(\operatorname{Frob}_{w_q}) \ne1. Then ρ\rho is modular.

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