Higher Hida and Coleman theories on the modular curve
George Boxer, Vincent Pilloni
TL;DR
This work extends the Hida and Coleman finite slope theories from degree 0 to degree 1 coherent cohomology of automorphic line bundles on the modular curve, constructing parallel p-adic interpolations and a p-adic Serre duality pairing between the two degrees. It develops a robust cohomological framework using finite flat correspondences, local finiteness arguments, and ordinary projectors, and then builds a p-adic theory via the Igusa tower, the ordinary locus, and the U_p/Frobenius operators, culminating in duality-compatible eigencurve constructions. The two dual eigencurves arise from dual interpolation sheaves ω^{κ^un} and ω^{2-κ^un}(-D), with a perfect Λ-pairing that respects Hecke operators T_ℓ and ℓ-adic dualities, thus giving a unified picture of higher degree p-adic modular forms on the modular curve. The results pave the way for generalizing Hida-Coleman methods to higher Shimura varieties by providing a concrete, duality-respecting framework in the simplest case of modular curves.
Abstract
We construct Hida and Coleman theories for the degree 0 and 1 cohomology of automorphic line bundles on the modular curve and we define a p-adic duality pairing between the theories in degree 0 and 1.
