On some local properties of sequences of big Galois representations

Abstract

In this article, we prove that for a convergent sequence of residually absolutely irreducible representations of the absolute Galois group of a number field F with coefficients in a domain, which admits a finite monomorphism from a power series ring over a p-adic integer ring, the set of places of F where some of the representations ramifies has density zero. Using this, we extend a result of Das–Rajan to such convergent sequences. We also establish a strong multiplicity one theorem for big Galois representations.