Grothendieck–Katz conjecture for iterative q-difference modules

Let (M,ϕM,δM)(\mathcal{M}, \phi_M, \delta_M^*) be an iterative qq-difference module defined over K(t)K(t). For each finite place vv, let πv\pi_v be its corresponding uniformizer and let

ψπv:=(δM(n))pv\psi_{\pi_v}:=(\delta_M^{(n)})^{p_v}

be the πv\pi_v-curvature, where pvp_v is the residue characteristic at vv.

Grothendieck–Katz conjecture for iterative q-difference modules. The iterative qq-difference module M\mathcal{M} is isotrivial, meaning that it becomes trivial after a finite base field extension, if and only if, for almost all finite places vv, the πv\pi_v-curvature ψπv\psi_{\pi_v} induces the zero map on the reduction of M\mathcal{M} modulo πv\pi_v.

This is proposed as an analogue of the Grothendieck–Katz conjecture for differential equations, relating isotriviality to the vanishing of curvatures at almost all finite places. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Charlotte Hardouin, “Iterative q difference Galois Theory”, arXiv:0910.4826 (2009).

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