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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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Irreducibility of the unramified principal series

Let $G = \operatorname{GL}_n(F)$ with the usual Borel subgroup $P = TU$. Let $\chi = \chi_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes \chi_n$ be an unramified character of $T$. Suppose that $\chi$ is regular, which is ...
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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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On Local Langlands correspondences

Both over global function fields and $p$-adic fields, we have a series of conjectures under the name of “geometric Langlands conjectures”. Over global function fields of char $p$, they are due to ...
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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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Diagonalizable pro-algebraic group in Kottwitz's 1985 Compositio paper

In Kottwitz's 1985 Compositio paper, Isocrystals with additional structure, first page, paragraph 4: Let $\mathbb{D}$ be the diagonalizable pro-algebraic group over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with character ...
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Representations versus (g,K) modules

Let $G$ be a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center. Let $(\pi,V)$ be an admissible representation on a Banach space $V$. Is it true that the following are equivalent? (a) $\pi$ is ...
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What is the archimedean Hecke algebra?

Let $\mathbf G$ be a connected, reductive group over $\mathbb Q$. For each nonarchimedean place $v$, let $K_v$ be a maximal compact subgroup of $\mathbf G(\mathbb Q_v)$. The space $\mathscr H(\mathbf ...
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Complexification of compact Lie groups and complex algebraic linear reductive groups

I'm studying complexifications of compact Lie groups on "Representation of compact Lie groups- Dieck Brocker". I found on internet that there is a bijection between complexifications of compact Lie ...
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Contragredient of a cuspidal representation

Let $G$ be a reductive group over a nonarchimedean local field $F$. Let $\pi$ be an irreducible, cuspidal representation of $G$, with contragredient $\tilde{\pi}$. Then $\tilde{\pi}$ is cuspidal. 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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Continuity of the conductor of automorphic representations

I am interested in properties of (semi-)continuity of the conductor of automorphic representation. Let $F$ be a number field. The meta question is, given a function on the unitary dual of $PGL(2, F)$ ...
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Making sense out of intertwining operators defined by a vector valued integral

Let $G$ be the rational points of a connected, reductive group over a $p$-adic field $F$. Let $S$ be a maximal split torus of $G$ with $\Delta$ a set of simple roots corresponding to a minimal ...
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Representations of groups with the same derived group, how much control do we have over the central character?

Let $G_1 \subset G$ be the rational points of $p$-adic reductive groups sharing the same derived group. There are some well known results relating representations of $G_1$ to representations of $G$, ...
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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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Are these statements correct for all reductive groups, or just for $\operatorname{GL}_2$?

I'm reading the following notes on Brian Conrad's website. There are a couple of statements there which seem too good to be true. There is Proposition 3.6, which states: (Bernstein): Every ...
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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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Generic supercuspidal representations of $\operatorname{GL}_n$ can be defined by integrals over $U$

Let $(V,\pi)$ be an irreducible, admissible, supercuspidal representation of $G = \operatorname{GL}_n(F)$ for $F$ a $p$-adic field. Let $B = TU$ be the usual Borel subgroup, maximal torus, and ...
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Discrete decomposability of unitary representation

[INTRODUCTION] Let $G$ be a non-compact simple Lie group, and $G'$ a reductive subgroup of $G$. Suppose that $\pi$ is a non-trivial (hence, infinite dimensional) irreducible unitary representation of ...
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Kottwitz's vertical map

I'm looking at the map $w_H$ defined by Kottwitz in "Isocrystals with additional structure II" in section 7. It is a surjective group homomorphism defined for all reductive groups $H$ from $H$ to $X^{*...
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Which groups can have $GSp(4)$ as local component?

In some cases the relations between a global group $G$ (over the adeles $\mathbb{A}$ of a field $F$) and its local components $G_v$ (where $v$ are the places of $F$) are well known. Obviously a group ...
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Endoscopic group that is not a subgroup

The question is a very little more than what's in the title. It is easy (for some values of ‘easy’) to produce examples of endoscopic groups that are not subgroups. When I asked a colleague, he ...
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Definition of Admissible Representation

Let $G$ be a connected, reductive group over a number field $k$. Let $v$ be a place of $k$. If $v$ is finite, an admissible representation of $G(k_v)$ is defined to be an abstract representation of $...
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Generalisations of Weyl's construction of irreducible representations

For the moment we work over the complex numbers. Suppose that $G = \mathrm{SL}(V)$, or $G = \mathrm{Sp}(V)$, or $G = \mathrm{SO}(V)$. Weyl gave explicit constructions of irreducible representations of ...
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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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Why are spherical representations subquotients of unramified principal series?

I'm trying to learn the basics of the representation theory of $p$-adic groups and I'm stuck on a few things: Let $G$ is a connected split reductive group over a non-archimedean local field $F$, and $...
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On existence of a certain irreducible character of $SL(5, q)$

Let $q=p^f$ be a prime power such that $q \equiv 1 \pmod 5$. According to the list of irreducible (complex) character degrees of $SL(5, q)$ in Frank Luebeck's homepage (here), $SL(5, q)$ has 20 ...
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Unipotent characters of (disconnected) centralizers of semisimple elements: Why these two definitions are equivalent?

Assume that $\mathcal{G}$ is a simple simply-connected algebraic group over $k$, where $k$ is algebraic closure of a finite field of characteristic $p>0$, and $F$ is a Frobenius endomorphism. Let $(...
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Reference Request: (Borel) Iwahori Spherical Representations

I was told that Borel had a result about Iwahori Spherical automorphic representations being upper-triangular (/semistable). Where can I find this?
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Iwahori subalgebra as maximal solvable

I think the following is true, but haven't came up with a proof myself. Thanks in advance! Let $G$ be a semisimple (to avoid more words) algebraic group over $\mathbb{C}$. Write $F=\mathbb{C}((t))$ ...
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Correspondence between dual center and linear characters of finite reductive group

Let $(G,F)$ be a connected reductive group defined over $\mathbb{F}_q$ via the Frobenius $F$ and let $(G^*,F^*)$ be a group in duality with $(G,F)$ with respect to rational maximal tori $T \subseteq G$...
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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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Definition of discrete spectrum and continuous and basic properties

I apologize if this is too basic for MO. I have an embarrassing admission to make: I don't know the actual definition of the discrete/continuous spectrum of a reductive group $G/\mathbb{Q}$ (in the ...
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Relation between unipotent cuspidal representations and cuspidal local systems

This could well be a question for reading suggestion. Hope it's not too bad and thanks a lot. So the question is as in the title. What are the relations between the notion of unipotent cuspidal ...
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Conjugacy scheme, fppf versus GIT

I would be glad to have some guidance in the following. Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field. Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $k$. Denote by $\mathfrak{c}$ the Zariski spectrum of the ...
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Which philosophy for reductive groups?

I am just beginning to look further into trace formulas and automorphic forms in a quite general setting. For long I have noticed that the natural assumption on the group $G$ we work on is to be ...
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Representations of complex semi-simple algebraic group "defined over $\mathbf{Z}$"?

If $G$ is a split semisimple linear algebraic group over $\mathrm{Spec}(\mathbf{Z})$ then does every (algebraic) irrep of $G_{\mathbf{C}}$ extend to a morphism $G\to\mathrm{GL}_n$ over $\mathrm{Spec}(\...
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Unitary representation with fixed Casimir

Let $G$ be a connected reductive real Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. We denote by $\widehat{G}_u$ the unitary dual, that is the set of isomorphism classes of unitary reprensentation of $G$....
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Regular embeddings of reductive groups

A regular embedding of a connected reductive linear algebraic group $G$ defined over $\mathbb{F}_q$ is a morphism $\varphi : G \rightarrow G'$ of algebraic groups which is a closed immersion where $G'$...
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Representation theory of the general linear group over a finite prime field

I am re-posting a question I asked on math.se here because I am unsatisfied with the answers I obtained. The irreducible modules of $\operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb C)$ over $\mathbb C$ are completely ...
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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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Zariski closure of orbits of real groups on complex flag manifolds

Let $G$ be a complex reductive algebraic group defined over $\mathbb R$, and $G_0$ its real points. Then the orbits of $G_0$ on $G/B$ need not be real algebraic subvarieties. Take $G=SL_2(\mathbb C)$, ...
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What is "special" maximal compact subgroup of algebraig group over local field?

Learning the theory of Langlands correspondence, I met the notion of "special" maximal compact subgroup of a (reductive) algebraic group over a local field. Here, I think the word "compact" is used ...
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number of simple representations

For a linearly reductive Group $G$ over a field $k$ one has that the category of finite dimensional representations of $G$ is semisimple. What can one say about the number of simple representations? ...
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Algebraic characters and quasi-characters of reductive algebraic group over non-archimedean local field

Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group over $F$, where $F$ is a non-archimedean local field. Then $G(F)$ is a p-adic group. Let $\Psi(G)$ be the lattice of algebraic characters. Let $\Lambda_G$ be the ...
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Decomposing representations of GL(n,F_q) induced from certain kinds of parabolics

The answer to the question below is almost certainly known to the representation theorists; in fact, I'm pretty sure it can be extracted from Green's paper "The characters of the finite general linear ...
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Invariant vectors in supercuspidal representations of GL_2(Zp)

Let $o$ be the ring of integers in a local field $F$ with prime-ideal $p$. Let $K$ be either $GL_2(o)$ or the normalizer of the Iwahori subgroup. Let $\sigma$ be a representation of $K$ times the ...
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How to translate the representation theory of semisimple to reductive groups?

I am aware of the following question: Definitions of Reductive and Semisimple Groups So let me phrase a precise question: Is there a standard technique by which one can translate the unitary/...
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Principal series of finite group of Lie type

I have a naive question on complex representations of finite groups of Lie type. Let $\bf G$ be a reductive group (say connected, with connected center, for safety) defined over a finite field $\...
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