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How to see the surjectivity of $L^2_{\text{cont}}$ onto the direct integral of Hilbert space representations?
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 one point. Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_2$, and $V = ...
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Is the union of conic orbits for a reductive group Zariski closed?
Let $G$ be a reductive group over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$. If $V$ is a rational $G$-module then we can define the Hilbert nullcone $\mathcal{N}(V)$ to be the zero ...
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Definition of Iwahori subgroup independently of the Bruhat-Tits building
Let $G$ be the points of a connected, semisimple algebraic group over a $p$-adic field $k$. To make life easy, let's assume the underlying group scheme is simply connected. The Bruhat-Tits building $...
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Books on integration on semisimple Lie groups
Can anyone suggest me some good books where I can find integration theory on semisimple Lie groups (using KAK, KAN and other type of decompositions)?
I have read Knapp's book "Lie groups beyond ...
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Extensions of fraction field and residue field
Let $A \subset B$ be integrally closed local domains, $K(A), K(B)$ be fields of fractions, and $k(A),k(B)$ be residue fields. How to prove $[K(B):K(A)] \ge [k(B):k(A)]$?
This question should be easy ...
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rational representants of sigma-conjugacy classes
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a local non-archimedean field $K$. Let $\widehat{K}^{nr}$ be the completion of the maximal unramified extension of $K$ and let $\sigma$ denote the Frobenius ...
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Siegel Levi in $\operatorname{GSpin}(2n+1)$ and image into $\operatorname{SO}(2n+1)$
Let $T$ be a maximal torus of split $\operatorname{SO}_{2n+1}$ with basis $e_1, ... , e_n$. Let $$\Delta = \{e_1 - e_2, ... , e_{n-1} - e_n, e_n\}$$ be a set of simple roots of $T$ corresponding to a ...
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Non-cyclic Galois groups over the field of formal Laurent series in positive characteristic
This should be an easy question, but I am unfortunately not able to give an answer, so I am sorry if this is not the appropriate level for the site.
Let $C$ be an algebraically closed field of ...
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Fibered surfaces degenerating to Frobenius
Let $R$ be a DVR with algebraically closed, positive characteristic residue field $k$. Let $X\rightarrow Spec(R)$ and $C\rightarrow Spec(R)$ be smooth projective morphisms of relative dimension 2 and ...
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How to determine the unramified character corresponding to an unramified Langlands parameter?
Let $F$ be a p-adic field with ring of integers $\mathcal{O}$. Let $\textbf{G}$ be a connected split reductive algebraic group over $F$. For simplicity, we assume that $\textbf{G}$ is a Chevalley ...
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Families of Hessenberg varieties for $GL_n$
In short, the question is
What do we know about the sheaf $\pi_*\underline{\bar{\mathbb{Q}}_{\ell}}$ given by the family of (very original, see below) Hessenberg varieties for $GL_n$? As a sum of ...
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Symmetric power contained in tensor power?
Let $V$ be an $R$-module. Traditionally the symmetric algebra $S(V)$ is defined as a quotient of the tensor algebra $T(V)$, by the ideal generated by all $a\otimes b-b\otimes a$.
Can $S^n(V)$ also be ...
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Quaternion algebras in characteristic 2
Let $k$ be a field and let $Q$ be a quaternion algebra over $k$.
It is well known that, if $\mathrm{char}\,k\neq 2$, one can define $Q$ as the $k$-algebra of dimension $4$ generated by elements $x,y$ ...
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Meaning of a highly ramified character for reductive groups
Let $F$ be a $p$-adic local field, and $G$ a connected reductive group over $F$. What is the meaning of a "highly ramified character" of $G(F)$? I have seen this terminology in many places in ...
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Application of Frobenius splitting in characteristic $0$
In general, Frobenius splitting only defines on field of characteristic $p$ (algebraically closed) field.
I am reading Brion and Kumar's book and I can see that there are geometric results can be ...
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Partial differential Equation over characteristic p
I want some references on partial differential equations over characteristic $p$. If we have a first order partial differential equation, how can we check whether there exists polynomials or rational ...
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Parahorics and their normalizers
Let $G$ be a reductive group over a local non-arch field $F$. For convenience let's assume $G$ has anisotropic center (or even that $G$ is semisimple if preferred). Let $x$ be any point in the ...
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Are these subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$ stable under the shallow Hecke algebra?
This is a characteristic $3$ analog of part of my earlier question, "Are these two subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/2[[x]]$ the same?"
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Fix a prime $N$ other than $3$. Let $F,G \in \mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$...
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Is there an analogue of distributions in characteristic p?
Some motivation: When working over $\mathbb{C}$, distributions (in the sense of generalized functions) act as natural generators for $D$-modules (in the sense that any regular holonomic $D$-module is ...
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Does this space of mod 2 modular forms admit a (Z/8)* degree decomposition?
Fix an odd N>0. Let M consist of all odd elements of Z/2[[x]] that are the mod 2 reductions of elements of Z[[x]] arising as the Fourier expansions of modular forms for (Gamma_0)(N); it's easy to see ...
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Adjunction Formula for Weil Divisors on a Normal Variety X
Let $X$ be a normal variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$ and $S$ be a prime Weil divisor on $X$ which is normal too. Now if $K_X+S$ is NOT $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier, ...
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A subring of the Serre Swinnerton -Dyer ring of level N modular power series
Suppose ell is prime and (N,ell)=1. Consider those power series over Z that are expansions at infinity of modular forms for gamma_0 (N) of weight a multiple of ell-1. I'll say that an element of (Z/...
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Cartan decomposition for upper triangular matrices
Due to the comments, I have the impression that I have to be more precise.
Consider $G= GL_n(F)$ for a non-Archimedean field $F$ with ring of integers $o$.
Let $K= GL_n(o)$ and let $I$ the Iwahori ...
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Inequalities between numerical invariants of nonsingular projective Varieties in positive Characteristic
It is well-known that Miyaoka and Yau-type inequalities do not hold in positive characteristic. In "a note on Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality in positive characteristic", however, we can ...
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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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Does the Bruhat decomposition induces decomposition on integral points (on an open cell)?
Edit: both questions are resolved in comments. Let $F$ be a local field and $O$ its integral points. Let $G$ be a split reductive group over $O$. The Bruhat decomposition states that there is a ...
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How can I prove this stronger version of Fedder's Criterion?
I was reading Fedder's original paper which proved what is now known as "Fedder's criterion". I noticed that the abstract stated something which is a priori stronger than what is proved in ...
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Representations of a reductive Lie group vie central character and K-types
Let $G$ be a real reductive group, let $\widehat G$ denote the unitary dual and $\widehat G_{adm}\supset\widehat G$ be the admissible dual, i.e., the set of isomorphy classes of irreducible Harish-...
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$\mathbb{Z}_p$-points of a $\mathbb{Z}_p$-model of a reductive linear algebraic $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p$-group
Let $G$ be a (connected) reductive linear algebraic group over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p$. By definition, this means that $G$ is a closed subgroup of some $\mathrm{GL}_n$. We can always find a ...
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One parameter subgroups of reductive algebraic groups
If I have a reductive algebraic group $G$ defined over a non-archimedean local field $F$. We can define a one-parameter subgroup to be a group homomorphism from $G_{m}$ to $G$. I was wondering, if I ...
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Langlands parameters and Weyl group actions
Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field and $\mathbf{G}$ a connected reductive group over $F$, assumed to be quasi-split. Let $\mathbf{T}$ be a maximal split torus of $\mathbf{G}$ and $\mathbf{P}=\mathbf{M}\...
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What are the possibilities of the general fibres in an Iitaka fibration?
This question is motivated by complex algebraic geometry.
If $X$ is a complex algebraic variety with Kodaira dimension in $[1,\dim X-1]$, then the Iitaka fibration (the rational map induced by the ...
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Dimension of a kernel of a cocycle map
Inspired by a previous question (Dimension of a kernel of a linear map) and some of the answers I was given I thought wheter I can generalize the question to the following:
Compute the kernel (or at ...
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Torsion of Fermat hypersurfaces
An interesting invariant of a rationally chain-connected variety $X/k$ is the exponent of the group,
$$ \ker{(\mathrm{CH}_0(X_K) \xrightarrow{\deg} \mathbb{Z})} $$
where $K = k(X)$ is the function ...
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Obstruction for points to be contained in smooth hypersurfaces in tterms of inseparability degree of residue field
Let $k$ be an imperfect field of char $p>0$ and
$x \in \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be closed point of projective space.
In this discussion Qing Liu wrote that
Over an imperfect field, a reduced point can not ...
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Points with residue fields having big inseparability degree cannot be contained in smooth hypersurfaces
Let $X$ be a $k$-scheme over imperfect field $k$ and $x \in X $ some (reduced) point with residue field $\kappa(x) = \mathcal{O}_{X,x}/ \mathfrak{m}_x$. How to check that if $\kappa(x)$ has "big ...
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Isogeny of elliptic curve over positive characteristic $p$ which does not come from characteristic $0$
Let $K$ be quadratic imaginary field. Let $E$ be an elliptic curve which has CM over $R_K$
($R_K$ is ring of integers of $K$).
According to SIlverman's ''ADvanced topics in the arithmetic of elliptic ...
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Resolving the "wild" singularities of $\mathbb A^n/C_n$
Let the cyclic group on $n$ elements, $C_n$, act on $\mathbb A^n$ by permuting the co-ordinates (over a field $k$). If $n \neq 0 \in k$, we can resolve the singularities of $X = \mathbb A^n/C_n$ by ...
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A quantity computed from weights of representations -- Have you seen it?
The following quantity has come up in some work my collaborators and I are doing on equivariant D-modules, and in that particular context it seems to be very significant (i.e. it's the only "...
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Dimension of the $G$-orbit $\mathcal O_{I,J}(w)$ given by Bruhat decomposition in $G/P_I \times G/P_J$
Let $G$ be a reductive group over an algebraically closed field. Fix a maximal torus $T$ and a Borel subgroup $B$ containing $T$. Let $(W,S)$ be the Coxeter system associated to $(B,T)$, where $S$ ...
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Cohomology of compact open subgroups of semisimple groups over local fields
Let $E$ be a local field, $\mathcal{O}$ its ring of integers, $k$ its residue field, and $G$ a split semisimple group over $\mathcal{O}$. Let $K$ be an open subgroup of $G(\mathcal{O})$; more ...
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Is the product of unipotent radicals of opposite Borels a closed immersion?
Let $G$ be a reductive group over a scheme $S$ and let $B \subset G$ and $B' \subset G$ be opposite Borel subgroups with their unipotent radicals $U \subset B \subset G$ and $U' \subset B' \subset G$. ...
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What direction does the derivation of an inseparable algebraic variable point in?
I've been thinking about the geometry of inseparable field extensions lately, since I'm studying smoothness in commutative rings in an advanced topics course this semester. I've generally come to the ...
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Nef cone of a GIT quotient
I want to know how to calculate nef cone of a GIT quotient. In particular let $X$ be a projective variety and $L$ be an ample line bundle on $X$ and $G$ be a reductive algebraic group and chosen a $G$ ...
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Gindikin-Karpelevich formula in the quasi-split case
In Euler Products (1971), Langlands established the Gindikin-Karpelevich formula for split reductive groups over the local fields $\mathbb{Q}_p$. On the other hand, the archimedean Gindikin-...
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Density of the Mellin transform inside the direct integral of induced representations
I'm trying to better understand the continuous spectrum of $G = \operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb A_{\mathbb Q})$, which is the direct integral of induced representations $\mathbf H(s) = \operatorname{Ind}_{...
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Generating $K$-types of a $(\mathfrak g,K)$-module for $K$ disconnected
Let $G$ be a real reductive Lie group, let $K$ be a maximal compact subgroup of $G$, and let $V$ be a $(\mathfrak g,K)$-module. For $\sigma\in\widehat{K}$ we denote the $\sigma$-isotypic component of $...
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compactly induction of smooth modules over Hecke algebras
Let $G$ be a locally profinite group and $H$ its closed subgroup. It is well-known that a smooth representation of $G$ is identified with a smooth module over $\mathcal{H}(G)$, where $\mathcal{H}(G)$ ...
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Span of parabolic inductions of discrete series representations
Let $G$ be the $\mathbf{Q}_p$-points in a $p$-adic reductive group, and let $R(G)$ be the Grothendieck group of the category $\mathrm{Rep}(G)$ of finite-length admissible smooth complex ...
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