Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Journal of Number Theory
On the observability of Galois representations and the Tate conjecture
Abstract
The Tate conjecture has two parts: i) Tate classes are linear combination of algebraic classes, ii) semisimplicity of Galois representations (for smooth projective varieties). B. Moonen proved that i) implies ii) in characteristic 0, using p-adic Hodge theory.
We show that an unconditional result lies behind this implication: the observability of arithmetic monodromy groups of geometric origin (in any characteristic) -which leads to a sharpening of Moonen's result.
We also discuss another aspect of the Tate conjecture related to the transcendence of p-adic periods.
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BibTeX
@article{andre2026observability,
title = {{On the observability of Galois representations and the Tate conjecture}},
author = {Yves André},
journal = {Journal of Number Theory},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.jnt.2023.07.010},
eprint = {2303.06549},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05844588v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - On the observability of Galois representations and the Tate conjecture
AU - Yves André
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
JO - Journal of Number Theory
DO - 10.1016/j.jnt.2023.07.010
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05844588v1
AB - The Tate conjecture has two parts: i) Tate classes are linear combination of algebraic classes, ii) semisimplicity of Galois representations (for smooth projective varieties). B. Moonen proved that i) implies ii) in characteristic 0, using p-adic Hodge theory. We show that an unconditional result lies behind this implication: the observability of arithmetic monodromy groups of geometric origin (in any characteristic) -which leads to a sharpening of Moonen's result. We also discuss another aspect of the Tate conjecture related to the transcendence of p-adic periods.
SN - 0022-314X
SN - 1096-1658
ER -