Atlas · signatures of Hermitian forms

The deformation algorithm on I(kρ)

The c-invariant form on the spherical principal series I(kρ) of SL(2,ℝ), Sp(4,ℝ) or split G2. Deform ν = tkρ from t = 1 to 0. At each reducibility point the form changes, and atlas writes the change as a combination of standard modules with smaller ν. Each of those is deformed in turn, until everything is tempered.

sigc I(p)  =  LKT(p)  +  Σt ∈ rp(p) Σq cq · sigc I(q),   deform(pt) = Σ cq q

Coefficients lie in 𝕎 = ℤ[s]/(s2−1), where s records a negative sign. Every cq is a multiple of (1−s). rp(p) is the set of reducibility points t ∈ (0,1] along the ray tν. LKT(p) is the lowest K-type part, which is the form at ν = 0. A tempered representation is named by its lowest K-type x=… [λ], as atlas prints it. When t = 1 is itself a reducibility point, atlas computes the form on I(kρ+ε). The recursion is Rep_table::deformation, memoized as in atlas, and all data were computed in atlas.

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Deformation parameter

Current standard module

Recursion

Collected so far

Each finished deformation adds its lowest K-types here, times the product of the coefficients on its path from the root. A cached call adds its whole stored result. Rows cancel as the computation proceeds.