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Main Author: Labesse, Jean-Pierre
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05003
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contents Let $F$ be a local field of characteristic $p$ and $G$ be a connected reductive group over $F$. Recall that Shalika's germ expansion of orbital integrals of regular semi-simple elements near the identity, when it exists, is a sum indexed by the set of unipotent conjugacy classes in $G(F)$. Observe that if $G=SL(2)$ this set is always compact; it is finite if $p\ne2$ while it is uncountable if $p= 2$. As a consequence, Shalika's germ expansion for elliptic elements does not make sense if $p=2$. On the other hand the endoscopic expansion of elliptic orbital integrals always exists and yields a germ expansion equivalent if $p\ne2$ (up to a Fourier transform) to Shalika's germ expansion but is new if $p=2$. A conjecture for arbitrary groups is stated.
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spellingShingle Germ expansion for SL(2) in arbitrary characteristics
Labesse, Jean-Pierre
Representation Theory
Let $F$ be a local field of characteristic $p$ and $G$ be a connected reductive group over $F$. Recall that Shalika's germ expansion of orbital integrals of regular semi-simple elements near the identity, when it exists, is a sum indexed by the set of unipotent conjugacy classes in $G(F)$. Observe that if $G=SL(2)$ this set is always compact; it is finite if $p\ne2$ while it is uncountable if $p= 2$. As a consequence, Shalika's germ expansion for elliptic elements does not make sense if $p=2$. On the other hand the endoscopic expansion of elliptic orbital integrals always exists and yields a germ expansion equivalent if $p\ne2$ (up to a Fourier transform) to Shalika's germ expansion but is new if $p=2$. A conjecture for arbitrary groups is stated.
title Germ expansion for SL(2) in arbitrary characteristics
topic Representation Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05003