Formulas for the dimensions of some affine Deligne-Lusztig varieties (Q1884414)

Deligne-Lusztig varieties for semisimple algebraic groups \(G\) parametrise parabolics with a given relative position with respect to their Frobenius transforms. Their cohomology realises important representations of the corresponding finite group \(G(k)\) (\(k\) a finite field). If one replaces \(G\) by an algebraic loop group one can make an analogous definition, however, many important facts remain open, like non-emptiness or dimension. The paper under review studies the special cases \(\text{SL}(3)\) and \(\text{Sp}(4)\) (\(\text{SL}(2)\) is also possible but too easy as a challenge), turning for these conjectures into theorems and ignorance into conjectures. The method used is a heavy dose of Bruhat-Tits theory.