Symplectic representations of inertia groups

Abstract

Suppose $\ell$ is a prime number, $\ell >3$, $K$ is a field that is an unramified finite extension of the field $\Q_\ell$ of $\ell$-adic numbers, and $G$ is a finite group that is a semi-direct product of a normal ${\ell }^{\prime }$-subgroup $H$ and a cyclic $\ell$-group $L$. Suppose that the group algebra $K[H]$ is decomposable. If there exists an embedding of $G$ in the symplectic group $\Sp_{2d}(K)$ for some positive integer $d$, then there exists an embedding of $G$ in $\Sp_{2d}({\mathcal O}_K)$, where ${\mathcal{O}}_K$ is the ring of integers of $K$.

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