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On Multilinear Forms for Mod $p$ Representations of $\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{Q}_p)$

Representation Theory 2026-01-21 v1

Abstract

Motivated by the study of trilinear forms for complex representations, we investigate the space of GG-invariant linear forms on tensor products of irreducible admissible representations of G=GL2(Qp)G = \mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{Q}_p) over Fp\overline{\mathbb{F}}_p. Our main result is a complete vanishing theorem: for any n1n \ge 1 and nn infinite-dimensional irreducible admissible representations π1,,πn\pi_1,\dots,\pi_n of GG, HomG(π1πn,1)=0. \operatorname{Hom}_G(\pi_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes \pi_n, \mathbb{1}) = 0. A refined version holds for B+:=(pZQp01)B^+ := \begin{pmatrix} p^{\mathbb{Z}} & \mathbb{Q}_p \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}-invariant forms when at least one πi\pi_i is supersingular. The proof proceeds by a detailed analysis of certain subgroups, reducing the problem from GG to B+B^+ and ultimately to the representation theory of Zp\mathbb{Z}_p. We also deduce partial extensions of the result to GL2(F)\mathrm{GL}_2(F) for finite extensions F/QpF/\mathbb{Q}_p.

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@article{arxiv.2601.12021,
  title  = {On Multilinear Forms for Mod $p$ Representations of $\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{Q}_p)$},
  author = {Yikun Fan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12021},
  year   = {2026}
}
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