math.AG — Algebraic Geometry
A transfer theorem for Weil classes on Prym--Tyurin factors of Galois covers
Let be an imaginary quadratic field, a finite group, an irreducible representation of with character field , and a connected component of a Hurwitz space of -covers of with fixed local monodromy. When the -isotypic factors of the Jacobians are abelian -folds of Weil type for , we prove that the Weil classes of every polarized abelian -fold of Weil type for with Hermitian discriminant are algebraic, provided three conditions hold: a lattice condition (L) on the characters of a group of multiplicative type attached to the cover, dominance (D) of the period map of , and the equality of the Hermitian discriminant of the family over with . None of the conditions refers to a particular group. The Hodge conjecture for every power of a member follows when the special Mumford--Tate group of itself is ; a statement about the generic member of the family does not suffice, and members with smaller Hodge group are not treated here. Positive instances of the conditions are verified by finite input certificates, so a new example needs new certificates, whose validation may need its own arguments, and no new transfer proof. The theorem recovers the case , , of the author's earlier preprint (hexagon:2610.00246), with every step of that proof an instance of a general lemma. A second source of cycles, balanced combinations of several characters of one subgroup, is available conditionally on a theorem of an unrefereed manuscript on abelian covers. With it the datum carried by satisfies every hypothesis, so, conditionally on that theorem, the Weil classes of every abelian sixfold of Weil type for with discriminant are algebraic. For this datum the Schoen-only condition (L) fails. A companion preprint applies the transfer theorem, with new tools, to prove that the Weil classes of every abelian sixfold of Weil type for , of every Hermitian discriminant, are algebraic. We also state what the theorem cannot reach. This version, with its computational certificates, is archived on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23422651