Putman's non-isomorphism conjecture for twisted cohomology maps

Let r2r\ge 2, and consider the map

Hkr(Modg,pb;H1(Σg,pb;Q)r)Hkr(Modg,pb();Hg,pb(;Q)r).H^{k-r}(\operatorname{\textup{Mod}}_{g,p}^b;H^1(\Sigma_{g,p}^b;\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}})^{\otimes r}) \longrightarrow H^{k-r}(\operatorname{\textup{Mod}}_{g,p}^b(\ell);\operatorname{\mathfrak{H}}_{g,p}^b(\ell;\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}})^{\otimes r}).

Here the map is induced by the covering map from the regular cover SDΣg,pbS_{\mathcal{D}}\to\Sigma_{g,p}^b, where D=H1(Σg;Z/)\mathcal{D}=H_1(\Sigma_g;\mathbb{Z}/\ell) and Hg,pb(;Q)=H1(SD;Q)\operatorname{\mathfrak{H}}_{g,p}^b(\ell;\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}})=H^1(S_{\mathcal{D}};\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}}). Putman's conjecture. For r2r\ge 2, the map is not an isomorphism. Putman's result proves that the analogous map is an isomorphism for r=1r=1 in a stable range, and the conjecture predicts that this phenomenon does not extend to tensor powers of degree at least two.

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Primary source

Xiyan Zhong, “Prym Representations and Twisted Cohomology of the Mapping Class Group with Level Structures”, arXiv:2401.13869 (2025).

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