The abelian motive conjecture for hyper-Kähler varieties

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Let XX be a hyper-Kähler variety, and let h(X)\mathfrak{h}(X) denote its motive. For each degree ii and prime ellell, let Gℓ,i(X)\mathbf{G}_{\ell,i}(X) be the ellell-adic algebraic monodromy group and let MT⁡i(X\mathdsC)\operatorname{\mathbf{MT}}_i(X_{\mathds{C}}) be the Mumford–Tate group of the Betti Hodge structure. The abelian motive conjecture. The motive h(X)\mathfrak{h}(X) is an abelian motive. In particular, there is a canonical injective homomorphism

Gℓ,i(X)∘↪MT⁡i(X\mathdsC)\mathdsQℓ.\mathbf{G}_{\ell,i}(X)^{\circ} \hookrightarrow \operatorname{\mathbf{MT}}_i(X_{\mathds{C}})_{\mathds{Q}_{\ell}}.

The conjecture expresses the expectation that the full motive of a hyper-Kähler variety is governed by abelian motives, extending the known abelian-motive result for its second-degree motive. It has been verified for the four known deformation types K3[n]\mathrm{K3}^{[n]}, Kum⁡n\operatorname{Kum}_n, OG⁡6\operatorname{OG}6, and OG⁡10\operatorname{OG}10.

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Zhichao Tang and Haitao Zou, “Monodromy rank and the semisimple Mumford-Tate conjecture for hyper-Kähler varieties”, arXiv:2602.19835 (2026).

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