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The generalized injectivity conjecture

Speaker: Sarah Dijols,

The Generalized Injectivity Conjecture of Casselman-Shahidi states that the unique irreducible generic subquotient of a (generic) standard module is necessarily a subrepresentation. It is related
to L-functions, as studied by Shahidi, hence has some number-theoretical flavor, although our technics lie in the fields of representations of reductive groups over local fields. It was proven for classical groups (SO(2n+1), Sp2n, SO(2n)) by M.Hanzer in 2010. In this talk, I will first explain our interest in this conjecture, and describe its main ingredients. I will further present our proof (under some restrictions) which uses techniques more amenable to prove this conjecture for all quasi-split groups.

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:30

Two integrals involving the exceptional group G2

Speaker: Qing Zhang

In this talk, we will discuss two integrals involving the exceptional group G2, both discovered by D. Ginzburg. The first integral gives an integral representation of the adjoint L-function of GL(3). Then I will report my recent work joint with J. Hundley on the holomorphy of adjoint L-function of GL(3). The second integral gives an integral representation of standard L-function of G2 itself. Related to this integral, we can consider a Fourier-Jacobi model for G2. I will discuss recent work joint with B. Liu on the uniqueness of such models over finite fields.

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:30
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Calculation of the characteristic cycles of the Kashiwara-Saito singularity

Speaker: Reggie Lybbert

In their 1997 paper, _Geometric construction of crystal bases_ (Duke Math Journal, Vol 89, No. 1), Masaki Kashiwara and Yoshihisa Kashiwa Saito described a singularity in a quiver representation variety of type A_5 with the property that the characteristic cycles of the singularity is reducible, this providing a counterexample to a conjecture of Kazhdan and Lusztig. This singularity is now commonly know at the Kashiwara-Saito singularity. While the 1997 paper showed that the characteristic cycles of the Kashiwara-Saito singularity decomposes into at least two irreducible cycles, they promised, but did not prove, that it decomposes into exactly two irreducible cycles. Using techniques developed in the example part of the Voganish paper, augmented by some computational tools developed this summer, we believe we have a proof of this promise. In this seminar we'll give a sketch of the proof.

Using this calculation and the local Langlands correspondence for GL(16), we should be able to exhibit an irreducible representation \pi of p-adic GL(16) with the property that its ABV-packet (as defined in the Voganish paper) contains exactly one other irreducible representation, \pi', and also describe that representation. We refer to this \pi as the Kashiwara-Saito representation of GL(16) and to \pi' as its coronal representation. This will provide the smallest known example of an irreducible representation of p-adic general linear group with one coronal representation.

Locations: Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/238450154), Calgary, Lethbridge

Event Date: 
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:30
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Project: 
Voganish Project

Voganish Seminar: Fourier transform and induction

Topic: Progress on the Fourier transform and induction for Vogan varieties!
Details in our github repo.

Speaker: Andrew Fiori

Location: Zoom, Beijing, Calgary and Lethbridge

Event Date: 
Monday, May 7, 2018 - 19:00 to 20:30
Event Type: 
Project: 
Voganish Project

Summer Student Research Seminar on the Kashiwara-Saito singularity

Overview of the Voganish Project

Statement of summer objectives: Microlocal vanishing cycles of the Kashiwara-Saito singularity

Divide and conquer:
Nicole Kitt: Calculations using the Fourier transform
Reginald Lybbert: Calculations using resolution of singularities

Location: University of Calgary, MS 337

Event Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 10:00 to 11:30
Event Type: 
Project: 
Voganish Project

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