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Maximal Levi Subgroups Acting on the Building of GL_n(F)

Group Theory 2008-11-11 v1

Abstract

In this paper we give a complete invariant of the action of GL_n(F)\times GL_m(F) acting on the Euclidean building B[GL_n(F)], where F is a non-archimedian field. We then use this invariant to give a natural metric on the resulting quotient space. In the special case of the torus acting on B[GL_2(F)] this gives a method of calculating of any vertex to any fixed apartment.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1551,
  title  = {Maximal Levi Subgroups Acting on the Building of GL_n(F)},
  author = {Jonathan Needleman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1551},
  year   = {2008}
}