The weak bi-anabelian m-step solvable Grothendieck conjecture in positive characteristic

Let kk be a finitely generated field of characteristic p>0p>0 with absolute Galois group GkG_k, let mm be a non-negative integer, and let UiU_i be hyperbolic curves over kk for i=1,2i=1,2. Let Ui(n)U_i(n) denote the nn-th relative Frobenius twist, and let π1tame(Ui,)(m)\pi^{\mathrm{tame}}_1(U_i,\ast)^{(m)} be the geometrically maximal mm-step solvable quotient of the tame fundamental group. The weak bi-anabelian form of the mm-step solvable Grothendieck conjecture. There exists a pair (n1,n2)(n_1,n_2) of non-negative integers with n1n2=0n_1n_2=0 such that

U1(n1)kU2(n2)π1tame(U1,)(m)Gkπ1tame(U2,)(m).U_1(n_1)\underset{k}{\simeq}U_2(n_2)\Longleftrightarrow\pi^{\mathrm{tame}}_1(U_1,\ast)^{(m)}\underset{G_k}{\simeq}\pi^{\mathrm{tame}}_1(U_2,\ast)^{(m)}.

If, moreover, U1,kU_{1,\overline{k}} does not descend to a curve over Fp\overline{\mathbb F}_p, then the pair (n1,n2)(n_1,n_2) is unique. This formulation accounts for the fact that relative Frobenius twists need not be isomorphic as schemes although they induce isomorphisms on étale fundamental groups. Its status is presented as a conjecture in the source.

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Naganori Yamaguchi, “The metabelian Grothendieck conjecture for genus zero curves over finitely generated fields”, arXiv:2407.09906 (2026).

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