Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Date of Degree

9-2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Program

Mathematics

Advisor

Krzysztof Klosin

Committee Members

Kenneth Kramer

Brooke Feigon

Subject Categories

Number Theory

Keywords

Galois representations, automorphic forms

Abstract

In this paper, we study Fontaine-Laffaille, self-dual deformations of a mod p non-semisimple Galois representation of dimension n with its Jordan–Hölder factors being three mutually non-isomorphic absolutely irreducible representations. We show that under some conditions regarding the orders of certain Selmer groups, the universal deformation ring is a discrete valuation ring. Given enough information on the Hecke algebra, we also prove an R = T theorem in the general context. We then apply our results to abelian surfaces with cyclic rational isogenies and certain 6-dimensional representations arising from automorphic forms congruent to Ikeda lifts. Assuming the Bloch-Kato conjecture, our result identifies special L-value conditions for the existence of a unique abelian surface isogeny class and an R = T theorem for certain 6-dimensional Galois representations.

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