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Generic representations of $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})$

Let $F$ be a local field of characteristic $0$, $G=\mathrm{GL}_n(F)$. When $F$ is $p$-adic, Bernstein and Zelevinsky classified the irreducible generic representations. The statement is: Let $\delta_{...
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Intersection of integral points with a unipotent and its opposite

This is a follow-up to Does the bruhat decomposition induces decomposition on integral points (on an open cell)? Given a split connected reductive group $G$ over a $p$-adic local field $F$ with ring ...
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Nonvanishing of Jacquet modules of principal series subquotients

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a $p$-adic field $F$. For simplicity, we assume $G$ to be split. Fix a Borel $B=TU$ with its Levi decomposition ($U$ unipotent radical, $T$ maximal torus). ...
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Asymptotic behavior of Shalika germs near non-regular elements

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a $p$-adic field $F$. Let $T\subset G$ be a maximal torus. Fix a special maximal compact subgroup $K$ of $G(F)$ and for any closed subgroup $H\subset G(F)$ ...
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Factoring out an element of a root subgroup to make a conjugation integral

Fix a nonarchimedean local field $L/\mathbb{Q}_p$ with ring of integers $\mathcal{O}$, uniformizer $\varpi$, and residue field $k$. If I take a matrix $$\begin{pmatrix} a & \varpi b \\ c & d \...
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Do parabolic inductions share a composition factor if and only if the inducing data are associate?

Let $F$ be a local field of characteristic zero and $G$ a connected reductive group over $F$. Let us call an inducing datum a triple $(P,M,\sigma)$, where $P$ is a parabolic subgroup of $G$, $M$ is 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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Simplest way to classify reducibility of principal series for $p$-adic $\mathrm{SL}_2$

Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field and $G_1=\mathrm{SL}_2(F)\subset \mathrm{GL}_2(F)=G$. For simplicity, we assume $p>2$. Denote by $|\cdot|$ the normalized absolute value on $F$. Here I shall focus on ...
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Gelfand-Kazhdan criterion, exposition by Paul Garrett

Here is Paul Garrett's exposition on the Gelfand-Kazhdan Criterion. In page 4 of the exposition, he showed the following lemma. Lemma (Page 4): Let $B, t, S$ be as above and for $\alpha, \beta$ in $...
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Orbital integrals of $\operatorname{SL}_2$ and the fundamental lemma

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$When I was checking some orbital integral computations of Sally-Shalika's The Plancherel Formula for $\SL_2$ over a Local Field, Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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Pro-unipotent radical (in Bruhat-Tits) vs. unipotent radical (and reference request)

I'm a beginner in Bruhat-Tits theory, and the following phenomenon makes me puzzled. So let $F$ be a $p$-adic field, with $\mathfrak{o}\supset \mathfrak{p}$ its ring of integers and maximal ideal, and ...
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Does $\tilde{\mathrm E}_{6,3}^{(2)6}$ exist over a p-adic field?

Does a form of $\tilde{\mathrm E}_6^{(2)}$ with this Satake-Tits diagram exist over a p-adic field?
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Continuity of central character [closed]

Let $G$ be a $p$-adic reductive group and $Z\subseteq G$ the center. Let $\pi$ be an irreducible admissible representation of $G$. By Schur's lemma, it is easy to show that there is a group ...
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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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Is every compact simply-connected reductive p-adic group perfect?

Let $k$ be a nonarchimedean local field and $G$ a reductive $k$-group, which we assume to be semisimple and simply-connected. Recall that an abstract group $H$ is perfect if it is generated by ...
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What are the good maximal compact subgroups in $p$-adic unitary groups?

Let $E/\mathbb Q_{p}$ be a quadratic extension and let $V$ be an $n$-dimensional $E$-hermitian space. Denote the hermitian form by $(\cdot,\cdot):V\times V \rightarrow E$. Let $G := \mathrm{U}(V)$ be ...
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Asymptotic behavior of matrix coefficients

I'm reading Casselman's notes "Introduction to the theory of admissible representations of p-adic reductive groups". In chapter 4 "The asymptotic behavior of matrix coefficients", ...
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Can we compare $K$-spherical representations of $p$-adic groups for varying special maximal subgroups $K$?

In this question, I'm borrowing the notations from Minguez' paper on unramified representations of unitary groups. Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field and let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $F$. Let $...
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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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Maximal compact subgroups of p-adic orthogonal groups

Let F be a non-archimedean local field, and G be split orthogonal groups of odd degrees $\geq$ 3. In this setting, my question is; Is there explicit descriptions of maximal compact subgroups of G? I ...
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Problem with affine root subgroups of $SU_3$ ramified, residue characteristic $p=2$

Let $L/K$ be ramified quadratic extension of local fields, and let characteristic of the residue field of $K$ be $2$. Let $\mathbb{G}=SU_3$, $G=\mathbb{G}(K)$. Let $\text{val}$ be a valuation on $K$ ...
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Distributivity property for smooth parabolic induction

Let $G$ be a reductive group over a local field $k$ of characteristic zero with maximal split torus $T$, Weyl group $W$, Borel $ B$ and a parabolic subgroup $P$ such that $P\supset B \supset T$. ...
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Tempered Iwahori-spherical representations

Consider a local field $F$ of characteristic 0 and $G=GL_n(F)$. It is well known (for example Cartiers article in Corvallis) that an admissible, irreducible representation $\pi$ of $G$ has a ...
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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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The stabiliser group of an isotropic quadratic form over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is non-compact?

Let $\mathbb{Q}_p$ denote the $p$-adic integers. Let $V$ be a $\mathbb{Q}_p$-vector space and $Q : V \rightarrow \mathbb{Q}_p$ be a non-degenerate integral quadratic form. We say that the pair $(Q,V)$ ...
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Tits Reductive Groups over Local Fields Example 1.15 (Quasi-split special unitary groups in odd dimension)

I hope this question about Tits's paper "Reductive groups over local fields" in Algebraic groups and discontinuous subgroups ends up having an easy answer, but I'm a little stuck on the ...
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$p$-adic Harish-Chandra character of a stable virtual character

Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field and let $G$ be a reductive group over $F$. Associated to an irreducible admissible representation of $\pi$ of $G(F)$, we have a distribution character $\Theta_{\pi}$ ...
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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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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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The reductive $p$-adic group $^{2}\!A_3''$ via Galois decent

I am running into some confusion when trying to explicitly describe the group $^{2}\!A_3''$ (using the naming convention that Tits gives in his Corvallis notes). If anyone can give me any advice, I ...
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When is compact induction cuspidal?

Let $G=GL_2(\mathbb{Q}_p)$, and let $K$ be a compact-modulo-center subgroup of $G$, $\rho$ an irreducible smooth representation of $K$. Question 1: Is $\mathrm{ind}_K^G \rho$ cuspidal? Here ...
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Volumes of double cosets $KtK$

Let $G$ be the group of rational points of a connected reductive group $\mathbb G$ defined over a non-archimedean local field $F$. For simplicity sake, I assume that $\mathbb G$ is split over $F$. Let ...
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$Hom_G(C_c^{\infty}(G),\pi)\cong Hom_{\mathbb{C}}(\pi^{\vee},\mathbb{C}) ?$

$G$ is an p-adic group, and $\pi$ is an irreducible representation of $G$, then do we naturally have $Hom_G(C_c^{\infty}(G),\pi)\cong Hom_{\mathbb{C}}(\pi^{\vee},\mathbb{C})$? I think it is true, but ...
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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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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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Group schemes and Hyperspecial maximal compact subgroups

Let $F$ be a number field. For each non-archimedean place $v$ let $O_v$ denote the ring of integers. Let $G$ be a connected linear algebraic group defined over $F$. Consider the set of sequences $(K_v)...
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Integral structures via lattices

I am looking at the paper "p-adic Groups" by Bruhat (in the Boulder Proceedings, 1965). I have a question about one of the statements. Let $k$ be the quotient field of a complete discrete valuation ...
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Bernstein-Zelevinsky classification: viewing a representation as a subrepresentation or a quotient

$\DeclareMathOperator{\GL}{GL}$ $\DeclareMathOperator{\Ind}{Ind}$I have a question on the details of the Bernstein-Zelevinsky classification. This classification allows us to obtain irreducible ...
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A normalized embedding $\mathbb C \rightarrow \mathfrak a_M^{\ast}$ via $\tilde{\alpha}$

Let $G$ be a connected, reductive group over a field $k$. Let $S$ be a maximal $k$-split torus of $G$ with Weyl group $W$, $\Delta$ a set of simple roots of $S$ in $G$, and $P = MN$ a maximal ...
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When is an irreducible unramified principal series representation $K$-spherical?

Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb Q_p)$, $T$ the usual maximal torus of $G$, and $K = \operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb Z_p)$. Let $\chi$ be an unramified character of $T$, with $\chi(t_1, ... , t_n) =...
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Dimension of space of K-fixed vectors

If $G$ is an unramified group over an $p$-adic field $F$, the Satake isomorphism identifies the spherical Hecke algebra with respect to a special maximal compact subgroup $K$. In particular, (1) $H(G(...
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Connections between representations of $\operatorname{SL}_n$ and $\operatorname{GL}_n$

Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_n(F)$ for a $p$-adic field $F$, and let $G_D = \operatorname{SL}_n(F)$. I am wondering if there is a connection between irreducible, admissible representations of $G$ and ...
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Twisted Levi of a quasi-split group that is not quasi-split

Let $F$ be, say, a non-archimedean local field. Let $G$ be a connected reductive (can be assumed simply connected) quasi-split group $G$ over $F$. Let $X\in\operatorname{Lie}G$ be semisimple and $G_X:...
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What's the point of a Whittaker model?

Let $G$ be a quasi-split connected reductive group over a $p$-adic field $F$. Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup which is defined over $F$, with $B = TU$, $T$ defined over $F$. The choice of $T$ and $B$ ...
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Examples to keep in mind while reading the book 'The Admissible Dual...' by Bushnell and Kutzko and the importance of Interwining of representations

I am a beginner in the field of representation theory. I was reading the book 'The Admissible Dual of $GL(N)$ Via Compact Open Subgroups' by Bushnell and Kutzko. Let me first describe the book a ...
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F-points of product of closed subgroups vs. product of F-points, F a local field, reference?

Let $F$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$, where p is an odd prime. Let $G$ be a connected reductive group defined over $F$. Let $M, H$ be closed $F$-subgroups of $G$ (in particular, I'm ...
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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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Weyl group action on continuous characters of the group of $\mathbf{Q}_p$-points of the torus

Let $G$ be a split reductive group over $\mathbf{Q}_p$ and assume $G$ has connected center. Let $T$ be a maximal split subtorus of $G$ and $R$ be the roots of $(G,T)$. Let $\chi : T(\mathbf{Q}_p) \to ...
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Strictly contracting elements in the center of a Levi subgroup

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a non archimedean local field $k$. Let $P \subset G$ be a parabolic subgroup with Levi decomposition $P=MN$, $Z_M \subset L$ be the center of $M$ and $S_M \...
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