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Bessel $F$-isocrystals for reductive groups

Algebraic Geometry 2022-01-19 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

We construct the Frobenius structure on a rigid connection BeGˇ\mathrm{Be}_{\check{G}} on Gm\mathbb{G}_m for a split reductive group Gˇ\check{G} introduced by Frenkel-Gross. These data form a Gˇ\check{G}-valued overconvergent FF-isocrystal BeGˇ\mathrm{Be}_{\check{G}}^{\dagger} on Gm,Fp\mathbb{G}_{m,\mathbb{F}_p}, which is the pp-adic companion of the Kloosterman Gˇ\check{G}-local system KlGˇ\mathrm{Kl}_{\check{G}} constructed by Heinloth-Ng\^o-Yun. By exploring the structure of the underlying differential equation, we calculate the monodromy group of BeGˇ\mathrm{Be}_{\check{G}}^{\dagger} when Gˇ\check{G} is almost simple (which recovers the calculation of monodromy group of KlGˇ\mathrm{Kl}_{\check{G}} due to Katz and Heinloth-Ng\^o-Yun), and establish functoriality between different Kloosterman Gˇ\check{G}-local systems as conjectured by Heinloth-Ng\^o-Yun. We show that the Frobenius Newton polygons of KlGˇ\mathrm{Kl}_{\check{G}} are generically ordinary for every Gˇ\check{G} and are everywhere ordinary on Gm,Fp|\mathbb{G}_{m,\mathbb{F}_p}| when Gˇ\check{G} is classical or G2G_2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1910.13391,
  title  = {Bessel $F$-isocrystals for reductive groups},
  author = {Daxin Xu and Xinwen Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.13391},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

71 pages. A few typos corrected. Add Remark 4.5.8 on local monodromy at infinity

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