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On the density of modular points in universal deformation spaces. (English) Zbl 0984.11025
Using isomorphism theorems between universal deformation rings and Hecke algebras obeying strong conditions at the prime number $$\ell$$, which are due to Wiles, Taylor and Diamond, the author extends the validity of results of F. Gouvêa and B. Mazur [in Buell, D. A. (ed.) et al., Computational perspectives in number theory. AMS/IP Stud. Adv. Math. 7, 127–142 (1998; Zbl 1134.11324)].
He proves that for an irreducible continuous representation of the absolute Galois group $$G_{\mathbb Q}$$ in $$\text{GL}(2,\overline{\mathbb F}_\ell)$$ satisfying mild technical assumptions, the universal deformation space corresponds to a certain Hecke-algebra of $$\ell$$-adic modular forms. Moreover, these spaces are complete intersections, flat over $${\mathbb Z}_\ell$$ of relative dimension three, and the set of modular points is Zariski-dense.
As always, the author’s style is very precise and the paper gives a clear introduction to the whole matter.

MSC:
 11F80 Galois representations 11F33 Congruences for modular and $$p$$-adic modular forms
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