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Wavefront sets for genuine representations of $\rm GL$-covers of Kazhdan--Patterson or Savin types

Representation Theory 2026-04-23 v2

Abstract

First, we consider general Brylinski--Deligne covers of the pp-adic general linear groups, and discuss the theory of Bernstein--Zelevinsky derivatives. We also recall the Zelevinsky-type classification of the irreducible genuine spectrum for the Kazhdan--Patterson and Savin covers. Following this, for these two special families of covers, we determine the wavefront sets of their irreducible genuine representations, expressed in terms of the iterated degrees of the highest Bernstein--Zelevinsky derivatives. Finally, for Kazhdan--Patterson covers, we reinterpret this result on the wavefront set using a version of the local Langlands correspondence and the covering Barbasch--Vogan duality.

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@article{arxiv.2604.01585,
  title  = {Wavefront sets for genuine representations of $\rm GL$-covers of Kazhdan--Patterson or Savin types},
  author = {Fan Gao and Runze Wang and Jiandi Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.01585},
  year   = {2026}
}

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