Monodromy of elliptic curve convolution, seven-point sheaves of G ₂ type, and motives of Beauville type

Abstract

We study Tannakian properties of the convolution product of perverse sheaves on elliptic curves. We establish that for certain sheaves with unipotent local monodromy over seven points the corresponding Tannaka group is isomorphic to G 2 {G_{2}} . This monodromy approach generalizes a result of Katz on the existence of G 2 {G_{2}} -motives in the middle cohomology of deformations of Beauville surfaces.