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A reductive group is an algebraic group $G$ over an algebraically closed field such that the unipotent radical of $G$ is trivial

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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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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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Is the affine closure of the basic affine space of a reductive algebraic group Cohen–Macaulay?

Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group with choices of Borel subgroup and maximal torus $B \supseteq T$ and unipotent radical $U$ over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic zero. Is the ...
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Cartan decomposition of loop group

Let $G$ be a complex reductive group. Let $LG$ and $L^+ G$ denote the formal loop spaces given by maps from the punctured formal disk and the formal disk, respectively, to $G$. The quotient $LG/L^+ G$ ...
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Can non-geometrically reduced reduced subschemes happen for reductive groups?

The title is meant to be punchy, but also a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of the prevalence of ‘reduce’-derived words in this area. (Unfortunately, I overlooked the fact that the question in the ...
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subalgebra of invariants for a reductive subgroup

$\DeclareMathOperator\PGL{PGL}\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$Trying to understand some tannakian reconstruction, I've stumbled about the following problem in invariant theory. I guess it's something ...
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Lifting $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triples

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, $G$ a (smooth, connected) reductive algebraic group over $k$, $H$ a (smooth, connected) reductive group of semisimple rank 1, and $T$ a maximal torus in $H$. ...
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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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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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How to read the paper of Arthur on trace formula on general reductive groups

My question is about the correct order to read the papers by Arthur on trace formula. Arthur's papers are perfectly well-written, but maybe a little too hard for me to go through easily. I would like ...
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Reductive group with simply connected derived group has all root groups $\mathrm{SL}_2$

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\PGL{PGL}$Motivation: I am trying to understand why the Deligne-Langlands conjectures are only stated for $p$-adic reductive groups with connected ...
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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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Signs in Chevalley systems for reductive groups

Let $G$ be a pinned split reductive group. There exists a Chevalley system: For each root $b$ in its root system there are parametrisations $x_b: \mathbb{G}_a \rightarrow U_b$ of the corresponding ...
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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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Ring of invariants for $n$-tuples of Lie algebras

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\M{M}\DeclareMathOperator\Tr{Tr}$Consider the diagonal action of $\GL(n,\mathbb{C})$ on the variety of $k$-tuples of matrices, $\M_{n\times n}(\mathbb{C}...
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When representations of reductive Lie group in a Banach space and in its Garding space have the same length?

Let $G$ be a real reductive Lie group (e.g. $G=\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{R})$). Let $\rho$ be a continuous representation of $G$ in a Banach space $V$. Let $V^\infty\subset V$ be the subspace of ...
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The norm of the principal series intertwining operator for $\operatorname{GL}_2$

Is there a known bound on the norm of the standard intertwining operator for the principal series of $G = \operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb Q_p)$? Background: For a character $\chi = (\chi_1,\chi_2)$ of the ...
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Maximal torus of linear algebraic group over a ring

Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group over a $k$-algebra $A$, where $k$ is an algebraically closed field. Consider the structure morphism $G\rightarrow U={\rm Spec}(A)$. Assume that for every $k$-point ...
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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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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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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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Why are characters orthogonal to cusp forms?

Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_2$, and let $V = L^2(Z(\mathbb A)G(\mathbb Q) \backslash G(\mathbb A),\omega)$, for $\omega$ a character of the ideles $\mathbb A^{\ast}$, identified with a central ...
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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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Localizations of smooth spherical varieties at simple roots

Setup Let $G$ be a (connected) reductive group over an algebraically closed field $k$, and fix a Borel subgroup $B \subset G$ and a maximal torus $T \subset B$. Let $\lambda: \mathbb{G}_m \to T$ be a ...
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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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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 $$ G(F)\longrightarrow G(F), \quad g\...
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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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The kernel $K(x,y)$ as an integral over Eisenstein series for $\operatorname{GL}_2$

Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_2$, $f \in C_c^{\infty}(G(\mathbb A)/Z(\mathbb A))$, and $V = L^2( G(\mathbb Q)Z(\mathbb A)\backslash G(\mathbb A))$ (trivial central character). Then the operator $R(f)$ ...
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$H(\mathbb A)^0/H(k)$ is homeomorphic to a closed set in $G(\mathbb A)/G(k)$

I'm reading Godement's paper Domaines fondamentaux des groupes arithmetiques and am confused about a part in a proof. The setting is $k$ is a number field, $\mathbb A$ is the ring of adeles of $k$, $...
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Schubert cells in G/P for reductive G

All literature on the Schubert cells of the generalized flag varieties $G/P$ ("generalized" here means that $P$ is an arbitrary parabolic) assumes that $G$ is a semisimple complex group. I ...
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Finiteness of the volume of $G(F) \backslash G(\mathbb A)$

Let $G$ be a semisimple algebraic group over a number field $F$ with trivial center. Let $\mathfrak S \subset G(\mathbb A)$ be a Siegel domain (defined in terms of a given maximal split torus and ...
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Harmonic analysis on reductive groups over $\mathbb{R}$

A common way of doing harmonic analysis on (the $\mathbb{R}$-points of) reductive groups over $\mathbb{R}$ seems to be to use results from semisimple groups and "see what happens on the center&...
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Centralizers of semisimple subgroups

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$If $G$ is a simple Lie group, and $\rho: G \to \GL(V)$ is a representation, then by Schur's lemma, the group of automorphisms of $\rho$ is a reductive subgroup of $\GL(V)$....
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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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Branching laws for smooth representations

Let $E / F$ be a quadratic extension of nonarchimedean local fields (characteristic 0 if it matters), and $\pi$ an irreducible infinite-dimensional smooth representation of $GL_2(E)$. Let $B$ be the ...
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Conjugacy classes in centralizers

Let $G$ be a complex reductive group, let $g$ be an element, and let $C$ be the connected component of its centralizer. I'm curious about what is known about the intersection of conjugacy classes in $...
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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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Relation between reductive homogeneous spaces and reductive groups

To start, I would like to note that my background on Lie algebras is quite basic, so this question might be trivial when seen from a Lie algebra perspective, which I lack. We have the concept of a ...
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Why are coroots needed for the classification of reductive groups?

As we know reductive groups up to isomorphism corresponds to root data up to isomorphism. My question is why in the definition of root data do we need the coroots? Let's break it down to two questions:...
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Representation of Levi subgroup $L\subset P \subset G$

Let $G$ be a split connected reductive group over a finite field extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with split maximal torus $T$ of rank $d$ and simple roots $\Delta$. Furthermore associated to $I\subset \...
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Real forms of complex reductive groups

I have a collection of related (to me) questions, which stem from the fact that I feel like I have a bunch of pieces, but not a full clear picture. I'm curious about forms of reductive groups in ...
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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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Determining a toric GIT quotient

Consider the following $G = (\mathbb{C}^*)^{\times 3}$-action on $\mathbb{A}^6$: $(\lambda_0,\lambda_1,\lambda_2) \cdot (x_0,x_1,x_2,y_0,y_1,y_2) = (\lambda_0x_0,\lambda_1x_1,\lambda_2x_2,\frac{\...
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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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Characterization of automorphic discrete spectra

I recently learned about automorphic spectral decomposition from the book "Spectral decomposition and Eisenstein series" by Moeglin and Waldspurger. (Let me call it M-W) I have a question ...
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Splitting of simply connected algebraic group

Let $k$ be a number field and let $G$ be a connected semisimple, simply connected algebraic group defined over $k$. Let $k'$ be a finite Galois extension over which $G$ splits. By the Chebotarev ...
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Showing subgroups with equal Lie algebras are equal

Let $k$ be a field. It might as well be algebraically closed, but I do not want to assume that it has characteristic $0$. I will write "group" for "affine group scheme over $k$", ...
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Chevalley restriction theorem: group vs lie algebra version

Let $G$ be a (split) reductive group over $k$, $T$ a split maximal torus, and W its Weyl group. I sometimes see the Chevalley restriction theorem stated as (1) $k[G]^G \xrightarrow{\sim} k[T]^W$ and ...
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Gelfand pair, weakly symmetric pair, and spherical pair

I am a bit confused with the relations among Gelfand pairs, weakly symmetric pairs, and spherical pairs defined in the book "Harmonic analysis on commutative spaces" written by professor ...
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