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Chamber zeta function and closed galleries in the standard non-uniform complex from $\operatorname{PGL}_3$

Number Theory 2026-01-16 v2 Combinatorics Dynamical Systems

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 B\mathcal{B} be the Bruhat--Tits building of PGL3(F)\mathrm{PGL}_{3}(F) for a non-archimedean local field FF with residue field Fq\mathbb{F}_{q}. For the standard arithmetic quotient Γ\B\Gamma\backslash\mathcal{B} with Γ=PGL3(Fq[t])\Gamma=\mathrm{PGL}_{3}(\mathbb{F}_{q}[t]), 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 B\mathcal{B}, including exact identities and spectral asymptotics governed by the chamber operator.

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@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}
}

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27 pages, 4 figures