Chamber zeta function and closed galleries in the standard non-uniform complex from $\operatorname{PGL}_3$
Abstract
We introduce the \emph{chamber zeta function} for a complex of groups, defined via an Euler product over primitive tailless chamber galleries, extending the Ihara--Bass framework from weighted graphs to higher-rank settings. Let be the Bruhat--Tits building of for a non-archimedean local field with residue field . For the standard arithmetic quotient with , we prove an Ihara--Bass type \emph{determinant formula} expressing the chamber zeta function as the reciprocal of a characteristic polynomial of a naturally defined chamber transfer operator. In particular, the chamber zeta function is \emph{rational} in its complex parameter. As an application of the determinant formula, we obtain explicit counting results for closed gallery classes arising from tailless galleries in , including exact identities and spectral asymptotics governed by the chamber operator.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.23276,
title = {Chamber zeta function and closed galleries in the standard non-uniform complex from $\operatorname{PGL}_3$},
author = {Soonki Hong and Sanghoon Kwon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.23276},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
27 pages, 4 figures