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Langlands correspondence of coverings of $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb R)$ and modular forms with fractional weights

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $G \to \SL_2(\mathbb R)$ be a finite covering of degree $d \geq 2$. Then $G$ is a connected Lie group with semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{sl}_2$ and ...
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Stabilizers of the action of Levi on abelianization of nilpotent radical

$\DeclareMathOperator\Lie{Lie}$Let $G$ be a simple connected reductive group over $\mathbb C$. Consider a parabolic subgroup $P=MU$ of $G$, where $M$ is a Levi of $P$ and $U$ is the unipotent radical ...
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Why are there so few irreducible admissible representations of $\text{GL}(n,\mathbb{R})$ (up to infinitesimal equivalence)?

Studying Langlands's classification of irreducible admissible representations, I have been rather stunned by the following: Theorem Up to infinitesimal equivalence, all irreducible admissible ...
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Triple product formula on $K = \mathrm{SU}(2)$

Let $K = \mathrm{SU}(2) = \{ k[\alpha ,\beta] \mid \alpha ,\beta \in \mathbb{C}, |\alpha |^2 + |\beta |^2 = 1 \} $ with $$ k [ \alpha , \beta ] = \begin{pmatrix} \alpha & \beta \\ - \...
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Algorithmic Borel finiteness for hyperbolic manifolds

It is a theorem of Borel that there is a finite number of arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds of volume bounded above by $V.$ Is there any algorithm (or hope of an algorithm) to actually construct all of ...
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Two definitions of automorphic forms on Lie groups

My question is the about the equivalence of two definitions of automorphic forms on a semisimple Lie group. The most common definition of automorphic forms on a semisimple Lie group $G$ with respect ...
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What is a map for the representation theory of reductive groups?

I have finished learning about linear algebraic groups (minus their representation theory) and the associated algebraic structures (root data, root systems, etc.), and will next attempt to summarize ...
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What are immediate applications of the classification of connected reductive groups?

After years of putting it off, I finally sat down, read, and understood the classification of connected reductive groups via root data. That's a non-trivial theory! I'm hoping that now that I am done ...
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Why are root data a natural candidate for classifying connected reductive groups?

For the purpose of this question, you may assume that we are working over the complex numbers. Given a connected reductive group $G$, one can choose a maximal torus $T$, and then let $T$ act on the ...
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Recovering a $G$-valued representation/parameter

Number theoretic phrasing Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a characteristic $0$ field $F$. Associated to $G$ is its Langlands dual group $^{L}G$. For every dominant cocharacter $\mu$ of $...
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Fields of definition of parabolically induced representations of $\mathrm{SL}(2,q)$

Let $\alpha_0$ be the unique non-trivial character satisfying $\alpha_0^2=1$ of the split torus $\mathrm{T} \subset \mathrm{SL}(2,q)$ and denote by $\mathrm{R}(\alpha_0)$ the character of $\mathrm{SL}(...
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Can two rational rotations $F_2 = \langle A, B \rangle \to SO(3)$ efficiently approximate the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix?

Let $A,B$ be two rational rotations: $$ A = \left[\begin{array}{rcc} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{4}{5} & 0 \\ -\frac{4}{5} & \frac{3}{5} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \quad\...
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Multiplicity one theorem

I am reading Dorian Goldfeld's book Automorphic forms and L functions for the groups GL(n,R) (http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/mathematics/number-theory/automorphic-forms-and-l-functions-...
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What is miraculous about the mirabolic subgroup?

I recently asked this question about Euler subgroups and generalizing the automorphic theory of $\mathrm{GL}_n$ to a more general setting. My question here is more specific. As mentioned there, the ...
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Indefinite orthogonal groups over p-adics

Let $q$ be a rational quadratic form. How can we think of a Cartan decomposition of $O_q(Q_p)$? Is there a notion of Cartan involution for p-adic field, so that we can execute same process as we do ...
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Can Galois conjugates of lattices in SL(2,R) be discrete?

Let $\Gamma$ be a lattice in $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$. Suppose that the trace field of $\Gamma$ is a totally real number field of degree $d$. This gives $d$ homomorphisms $\rho_i:\Gamma\to SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ ...
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Representation theory of Discrete Subgroups of Lie groups

My question is the following. Which representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb Z)$ are extendable to representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb C)$ or $Sp(2g, \mathbb R)$. Is there a general theory and a good ...
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number of irreducible representations over general fields

For a finite group, there are finitely many irreducible representations of complex numbers. What if the field is changed to some other fields? Like real numbers, p-adic field, finite field? In ...