A vanishing theorem for residual Eisenstein cohomology

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author Mundy, Sam
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contents We study the residual Eisenstein cohomology of semisimple groups in the context of maximal parabolic subgroups which remain maximal over $\mathbb{R}$. Under certain general hypotheses, we show that these residual representations are cohomological one degree below middle, and one above; however, the classes above middle vanish in the full automorphic cohomology. The proof of this vanishing finds an explicit cochain which provides a primitive to the image of a nontrivial class from the cohomology of such a residual representation. This cochain is valued in regular Eisenstein series. Along the way, we study in detail the archimedean component of the relevant induced representation. In particular, we prove that it has a subrepresentation which is the sum of two discrete series, whose Harish-Chandra parameters we describe, and that the intertwining operator vanishes to order exactly $1$ on that subrepresentation.
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spellingShingle A vanishing theorem for residual Eisenstein cohomology
Mundy, Sam
Number Theory
Representation Theory
We study the residual Eisenstein cohomology of semisimple groups in the context of maximal parabolic subgroups which remain maximal over $\mathbb{R}$. Under certain general hypotheses, we show that these residual representations are cohomological one degree below middle, and one above; however, the classes above middle vanish in the full automorphic cohomology. The proof of this vanishing finds an explicit cochain which provides a primitive to the image of a nontrivial class from the cohomology of such a residual representation. This cochain is valued in regular Eisenstein series. Along the way, we study in detail the archimedean component of the relevant induced representation. In particular, we prove that it has a subrepresentation which is the sum of two discrete series, whose Harish-Chandra parameters we describe, and that the intertwining operator vanishes to order exactly $1$ on that subrepresentation.
title A vanishing theorem for residual Eisenstein cohomology
topic Number Theory
Representation Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12472