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Action of split torus on positive root spaces
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a field $k$ (not necessarily algebraically closed). Let $S$ be a maximal split torus in $G$ with relative root system $\Phi = \Phi_k(S,G)$. Let $\Phi^+$ ...
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Are there characteristic-dependent Betti numbers in characteristic not equal to two?
Let $\Delta$ be a finite simplicial complex on $n$ vertices. Let $S = \mathbb{k}[\mathbf{x}]$ be a polynomial ring over a field $\mathbb{k}$ in $n$ variables and $I$ be the Stanley-Reisner ideal of $\...
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Frobenius splitting for an excellent, non $F$-finite, $F$-pure hypersurface
Let $p$ be an odd prime. Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p$ such that $[k:k^p]=\infty$ (i.e. $k$ is not $F$-finite ) .
Also assume that $-1$ is not a square in $k$ . Consider the homogeneous ...
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What is known about lower etale cohomology of unirational varieties?
Which information is currently known about $H^1_{et}(X,\mathbb{Z}_l)$ and $H^2_{et}(X,\mathbb{Z}_l)$, where $X$ is a smooth unirational variety over an algebraically closed field of finite ...
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If $\Pi$ and $\Sigma$ agree at almost all places, then the central character of $\Pi$ corresponds to $\operatorname{Det} \Sigma$
Let $\Sigma$ be an $n$-dimensional representation of the global Weil group $W_F$ for a number field $F$, and $\Pi$ an automorphic representation of $\operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb A_F)$. Suppose that at ...
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Derivations of central extensions of simple Lie algebras
Let $L$ be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero. It is not difficult to see (and also follows from Theorem 4.4 of [G. Hochschild: Semi-simple algebras and generalized ...
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degeneration of reductive group
If $A$ is a mixed characteristic complete DVR (I'm only actually interested in $\mathbf{Z}_p$) and $G/A$ is a closed subgroup scheme of $GL(n)$ whose generic fibre is connected reductive and split, is ...
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Embedded resolution of curves on smooth varieties
As far as I understand, embedded resolution of singularities means the following: given a variety $X$ over an algebraically closed field, and a closed subvariety $Y$, there exists a birational map $f:...
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Abel transform is an * isomorphism for SL(2, R)
Assume we conisder $G= SL(2, R)$, $K=SO(2)$ and $N$ the strict upper triangular matrices in $G$, $A$ diagonal matrices, and the Borel supgroup $B=NA$, $W$ Weyl group.
Then we have an isomorphism of $*...
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Connected components of a spherical subgroup from spherical data?
This question is in a similar spirit to this one by Mikhail Borovoi.
Let $G$ be a reductive group over $\mathbb{C}$ and let $X=G/H$ be a homogeneous spherical variety.
Losev proved that the spherical $...
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Orbit of a parahoric subgroup on a flag variety
Let $G$ be a split reductive group over a nonarchimedean local field $F$ (I'm particularly interested in the case of $\operatorname{GSp}_{2n}$).
Given a parahoric subgroup $K \subset G(F)$, and a ...
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Residue of a local $\gamma$-factor and its relation with adjoint $\gamma$-factor
I met the following relation (if my understanding is correct) of local $\gamma$-factors when I was reading Hiraga-Ichino-Ikeda's paper "Formal Degrees and Adjoint $\gamma$-Factors": Let $F$ ...
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$L$-parameters and parabolic induction
I apologize in advance if the answer to this question is well-known to experts.
So let $F$ be a $p$-adic field, and $G$ a reductive group over $F$. Let $P$ be an $F$-parabolic subgroup of $G$ and $M$ ...
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Does $\mathrm{Ext}^i_G(\pi,\pi')$ vanish if $\pi$ and $\pi'$ are smooth irreducible representations of $G$ with different central characters?
Let $G$ be a $p$-adic group, ie. the group of $F$-points of some connected reductive group over $F$, where $F$ is a $p$-adic field. We consider complex smooth representations of $G$. Any irreducible ...
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Embeddings of reductive groups over algebraically closed fields
Let $K/k$ be an extension of fields, not necessarily algebraic; let $G$ and $H$ be split, reductive groups over $K$; and let $f : H \to G$ be an embedding of groups.
Do there exist split, reductive ...
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Is it possible to detect when a maximal parahoric subgroup is (hyper)special from its finite reductive quotient?
Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field with residue field $k$ and let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $F$. Let us assume that $G$ is simply connected as an algebraic group over an algebraic closure of $F$...
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Automorphisms of étale-by-torus groups
Automorphisms of connected, reductive groups are well understood: the outer automorphism group is an essentially combinatorial object associated to the root datum. I am trying to understand ...
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Number of involutions in finite reductive groups
Let $G$ be a connected split reductive group over $\mathbb{Z}$. Let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $i_n(q)$ be the number of elements of $G(\mathbb{F}_q)$ satisfying $x^n=1$.
Question: Is there a &...
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branching laws for $p$-adic representations of reductive groups
There are many papers studying branching laws of irreducible admissible complex representations of classical groups over local fields, are there some analogues for $p$-adic representations?
For ...
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Reference request: existence of a subgroup of $G(\mathcal O_k)$ that is "uniform" across $P \overline{N}$
Let $G$ be a connected, reductive group over a $p$-adic field $k$. Let $P_0$ be a minimal parabolic subgroup of $G$ containing a maximal split torus $A_0$. Let $K$ be a maximal compact open subgroup ...
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Volume of a double class of a parahoric subgroup
Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field with residue field $F_q$. Let $G$ be the group of $F$-rational points of a connected reductive group defined and split over $F$. Fix a maximal split torus $T$ ...
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Does a reductive group over $K$ always have a torus that becomes maximal split over $L$?
Let $K$ be a field, let $L$ be a field containing $K$, and let $G$ be a reductive group over $K$. Does there always exist a torus $T$ of $G$ so that $T_{/L}$ is a maximal split torus of $G_{/L}$? If ...
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Mumford-Ramanujam examples in characteristic p [and in Arakelov geometry]
For a compact Riemann surface $B$ of genus $\geq 2$, it is a consequence of the Narasimhan-Seshadri theorem that there exist rank-$2$ vector bundles $E \to B$ of degree zero, all of whose symmetric ...
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Do $Q_l$-etale Euler characteristics of Chow motives coincide for all $l$?
I am interested in (Chow) motives over (algebraically closed) characteristic $p>0$ fields. For $H$ being $\mathbb{Q}_l$-adic cohomology, one can consider $Ch_l(M)=\sum (-1)^i\dim_{\mathbb{Q}_l} H^i(...
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Is Deligne's braiding functorial?
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Let $F$ be a field and $\Fbar$ be a fixed algebraic closure of $F$.
Let $G$ be a (connected) reductive group ...
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Is the theta characteristic attached to an etale double cover of a plane quintic arising from a cubic threefold even in characteristic two?
We work over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $2$. Let $X$ be a cubic threefold realized as a conic bundle via $f: X \to \mathbb{P}^2$ (after blowing up some line). Let $C \to \...
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Schur multiplier of finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras in positive characteristic
The Schur multipliers of finite simple groups are known and easily accessible:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_finite_simple_groups
Moreover, as a consequence of the second Whitehead's Lemma, if ...
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Character which defines canonical bundle on flag variety
Let $G$ be a reductive group over a field $k$ of characteristic zero with maximal split torus $T$ and Borel $B \supset T$ defining a set of simple roots $\Delta$. Additionally let $\rho$ be the half ...
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Regular embeddings of a reductive groups with induced center
Let $G$ be a reductive group over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. Then a regular embedding of $G$ is an $\mathbb{F}_q$-rational embedding $\iota \colon G \rightarrow G'$ into a second reductive group ...
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Image of square map on reductive group
$\DeclareMathOperator\ss{ss}$Let $G$ be a reductive group over a field $F$ of characteristic 0. (Here not necessarily $F=\overline{F}$.) Consider the square map
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G(F)\longrightarrow G(F), \quad g\...
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Globalising tori and weak approximation
Let $G$ be a semi-simple and simply connected reductive group over $\mathbb{Q}$ and let $T \subset G_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$ be a maximal torus. A classical result of Harder tells us that we can find a ...
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Conjugacy of elements in a parabolic subgroup
Let $G$ be a complex connected reductive group, and let $P \subseteq G$ be a parabolic subgroup. My question is the following: if $g$ and $h$ are elements of $P$ which are conjugate as elements of $G$,...
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A detail in Bushnell and Henniart's book, “The local Langlands conjecture for GL(2)”
I am recently troubled with a computational detail in Bushnell and Henniart's book, "The local Langlands conjecture for Gl(2)". Let $(\mathfrak{A},n,\alpha)$ be a simple stratum, and define $K_\...
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split integral model of a reductive group
Let $F$ be a number field, $p\in\mathbb{Z}$ a prime which is unramified in $F$ and $G$ a connected reductive group over $F$. Moreover $G$ is supposed to be quasi-split over $p$.
Does there exist a ...
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Functions in the induced space compactly supported in $PN^-$ modulo $P$
Let $P_0$ be a minimal parabolic subgroup of a connected, reductive group $G$ over a $p$-adic field $k$. Let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup containing $P_0$ with Levi decomposition $P = MN$. Let $N^-$ ...
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Is there a "big open cell" analogue for parabolic subgroups?
Let $G$ be a reductive group over a $p$-adic field. Let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup of $G$ containing a minimal parabolic $P_0$. Let $S$ be a maximal split torus of $P_0$, and let $\Delta$ be a set ...
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Replacement for Lie-algebra complements
All groups are linear algebraic over some fixed field $k$.
I believe that it is true that, in characteristic $0$, if $G'$ is a reductive subgroup of $G$, then there is a $G'$-invariant complement to $...
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Interpreting Frobenius pullback as an invariant differential in the case of an elliptic curve
Let $S$ be an affine scheme of characteristic $p > 0$, let $E \rightarrow S$ be an elliptic curve over $S$, and let $F$ denote the absolute Frobenius. Since $E$ is its own $\mathrm{Pic}^0$ there is ...
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homogenous bundles
Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group over $\mathbb{C}$ and $H$ be an algebraic subgroup of $G$. We suppose that $H$ acts on some scheme $S$, where $S$ is of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$. Then I ...
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Finite connected groups over a perfect field of characteristic p
In 14.4 of "Introduction to Affine Group Schemes" it is proved (!) that if $A$ represents a finite connected group scheme over a perfect field $k$ of characteristic $p$ then $A$ has the form $k[X_{1}, ...
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A strange logical implication in algebraic geometry
So there's an old theorem of Lang and Weil showing that the Riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields implies a kind of quasi-riemann hypothesis for surfaces over finite fields.
I am wondering:...
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Quantum group associated to a reductive group
In most of the classical references about quantum groups, these objects are defined as a one-parameter deformation of the universal enveloping algebra. However, I have read in several papers that it ...
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Reference request: Criterion for a subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}_{n}(\mathbb{C})$ being reductive in terms of the trace
Let $G$ be a complex algebraic group embedded into $\operatorname{GL}_{n}(\mathbb{C})$. A criterion for $G$ to be reductive is the following. Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be the Lie algebra of $G$, and let $B$ ...
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Calculating the residue of Eisenstein series from the residue of the intertwining operator
I've been reading the article Forms of $\operatorname{GL}(2)$ from the analytic point of view by Gelbart and Jacquet in Corvallis and am confused on a particular claim (equation 5.17 on page 232).
The ...
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Choosing canonical representatives of Weyl group elements, some questions
Let $G$ be a connected, reductive group which is quasisplit over a field $k$ of characteristic zero. Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup defined over $k$, containing a maximal torus $T$ defined over $k$. ...
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Two spaces attached to mod 2 level 9 modular forms--a conjectural Hecke isomorphism
MOTIVATION
Nicolas and Serre have analyzed the structure of the space of mod $2$ modular forms of level $1$, viewed as a "Hecke-module". They show that for each $p>2$, the operator $T_p$ acting on ...
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Decomposition theorem for polarized abelian varieties in positive characteristic
In characteristic zero we have the following decomposition theorem for polarized abelian varieties: it gives an isomorphism between a PPAV and a product of PPAV's of lower dimension and is valid (as ...
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Behaviour of Hilbert functions
Let $G$ be a complex simple reductive group. Then the set of isomorphy classes $Irr G$ is isomorphic to the set of dominant weights $\Lambda_+$ in the weight lattice of the maximal torus of a Borel ...
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p-torsion in the Tate-Shafarevich group of supersingular elliptic curves
Let $E$ be a supersingular elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_p(t)$. Is something known on the $p$-torsion of the Tate–Shafarevich group in this case? In particular, I would like to know if (or if known ...
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Root systems of maximally noncomact Cartan subalgebras
Let $G$ be a real reductive Lie group, and $K$ a maximal compact subgroup in $G$. Write $\mathfrak{g}$ for the Lie algebra of $G$, and $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{k}+\mathfrak{p}$ for the Cartan ...
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