Putman's non-isomorphism conjecture for twisted cohomology maps

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Let r≥2r\ge 2, and consider the map

Hk−r(Mod⁡g,pb;H1(Σg,pb;Q⁡)⊗r)⟶Hk−r(Mod⁡g,pb(ℓ);H⁡g,pb(ℓ;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 SD→Σg,pbS_{\mathcal{D}}\to\Sigma_{g,p}^b, where D=H1(Σg;Z/ℓ)\mathcal{D}=H_1(\Sigma_g;\mathbb{Z}/\ell) and H⁡g,pb(ℓ;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 r≥2r\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.

References

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

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