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The Langlands formula and perverse sheaves

Representation Theory 2024-12-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry Category Theory

Abstract

For a complex reductive Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g} with Cartan subalgebra h\mathfrak{h} and Weyl group WW we consider the category Perv(W\h)\text{Perv}(W \backslash \mathfrak{h}) of perverse sheaves on W\hW \backslash \mathfrak{h} smooth w.r.t. the natural stratification. We construct a category C\boldsymbol{\mathcal{C}} such that Perv(W\h)\text{Perv}(W\backslash \mathfrak{h}) is identified with the category of functors from C\boldsymbol{\mathcal{C}} to vector spaces. Objects of C\boldsymbol{\mathcal{C}} are labelled by standard parabolic subalgebras in g\mathfrak{g}. It has morphisms analogous to the operations of parabolic induction (Eisenstein series) and restriction (constant term) of automorphic forms. In particular, the Langlands formula for the constant term of an Eisenstein series has a counterpart in the form of an identity in C\boldsymbol{\mathcal{C}}. We define C\boldsymbol{\mathcal{C}} as the category of WW-invariants (in an appropriate sense) in the category QQ describing perverse sheaves on h\mathfrak{h} smooth w.r.t. the root arrangement. This matches, in an interesting way, the definition of W\hW \backslash \mathfrak{h} itself as the spectrum of the algebra of WW-invariants.

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@article{arxiv.2412.01638,
  title  = {The Langlands formula and perverse sheaves},
  author = {Mikhail Kapranov and Vadim Schechtman and Olivier Schiffmann and Jiangfan Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.01638},
  year   = {2024}
}

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48 pages, color figures

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