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2019 Rigid local systems and alternating groups
Robert M. Guralnick, Nicholas M. Katz, Pham Huu Tiep
Tunisian J. Math. 1(3): 295-320 (2019). DOI: 10.2140/tunis.2019.1.295

Abstract

We show that some very simple to write one parameter families of exponential sums on the affine line in characteristic p have alternating groups as their geometric monodromy groups.

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Robert M. Guralnick. Nicholas M. Katz. Pham Huu Tiep. "Rigid local systems and alternating groups." Tunisian J. Math. 1 (3) 295 - 320, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2140/tunis.2019.1.295

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Received: 5 October 2017; Revised: 3 April 2018; Accepted: 22 April 2018; Published: 2019
First available in Project Euclid: 15 December 2018

zbMATH: 07027457
MathSciNet: MR3907742
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/tunis.2019.1.295

Subjects:
Primary: 11T23 , 20D05

Keywords: alternating group , Monodromy , rigid local system

Rights: Copyright © 2019 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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