Abstracts of papers by Salman Abdulali

Zeta functions of Kuga fiber varieties

Duke Math. J. 57 (1988), 333-345

Fields of Definition for some Hodge Cycles

Math. Annalen 285 (1989), 289-295

A Kuga fiber variety f : AV is an abelian scheme parametrized by an arithmetic variety and constructed from a symplectic representation of an algebraic group. The zeta function of A is then the product of L-functions associated to the sheaves RbfQl on V. In the first paper we show how absolute Hodge cycles induce relations between the zeta functions of two Kuga fiber varieties over the same base; however these relations are valid only over some undetermined extension of the field of definition. In the second paper, the fields of definition of the Hodge cycles are investigated, and it is shown that the relations between the zeta functions hold over the fields of definition of the canonical models.

Conjugation of Kuga fiber varieties

Math. Annalen 294 (1992), 225-234

A lower bound for the field of definition of a complex algebraic variety X is given by Bot X, the strong bottom field; this is a field k such that for any automorphism σ of C, XσX if and only if σ is the identity on k. The principal result of this paper is that if AV is a Kuga fiber variety defined by a Q-irreducible representation satisfying a certain rigidity condition, and if the generic fibers are principal abelian varieties, then Bot A is an abelian extension of Bot V. In fact, the Galois group of Bot A over Bot V is embedded into the class group of a maximal order in a simple algebra. We give an example of a family of 4-dimensional abelian varieties for which this Galois group is isomorphic to the Hilbert class group of Q(√(-23)).

Conjugates of strongly equivariant maps

Pacific J. Math. 165 (1994), 207-216

Let τ : X1X2 be a strongly equivariant holomorphic embedding of one bounded symmetric domain into another. We show that if σ is an automorphism of C, then τσ: X1σX2σ is also strongly equivariant.

The Tate conjecture for generic abelian varieties

Bull. London Math. Soc. 26 (1994), 417-421

Let AV be a Kuga fiber variety of Mumford's Hodge type, defined over a finitely generated subfield of C, and let η be the generic point of V. We show that any element of H^2r_et(A_etabar, Q_l)(r) which is invariant under Gal(k(eta)bar/E) for some finite extension E of k(η), is fixed by the semisimple part of the Hodge group of Aη. If AV satisfies the H2-condition, then the Hodge and Tate conjectures are equivalent for Aη, and the Mumford-Tate conjecture is true.

Algebraic cycles in families of abelian varieties

Canadian J. Math. 46 (1994), 1121-1134

If the Hodge ∗-operator on the L2-cohomology of Kuga fiber varieties is algebraic, then the Hodge conjecture is true for all abelian varieties.

Abelian varieties and the general Hodge conjecture

Compositio Math. 109 (1997), 341-355

We investigate the relation between the usual and general Hodge conjectures, and prove that for a large class of abelian varieties A, the usual Hodge conjecture for all powers of A implies the general Hodge conjecture for A.

Abelian varieties of type III and the Hodge conjecture

Internat. J. Math. 10 (1999), 667-675

We show that the algebraicity of Weil's Hodge cycles implies the usual Hodge conjecture for a general member of a PEL-family of abelian varieties of type III. We deduce the general Hodge conjecture for certain 6-dimensional abelian varieties of type III, and the usual Hodge and Tate conjectures for certain 4-dimensional abelian varieties of type III.

Hodge structures on abelian varieties of CM-type

We prove the general Hodge conjecture for any complex abelian variety of CM-type such that the Hodge ring of each power of the abelian variety is generated by divisors.


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