Invariant functionals on Speh representations

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Abstract: We study Sp(2n,R)-invariant functionals on the spaces of smooth vectors in Speh representations of GL(2n,R). For even n we give expressions for such invariant functionals using an explicit realization of the space of smooth vectors in the Speh representations. Furthermore, we show that the functional we construct is, up to a constant, the unique functional on the Speh representation which is invariant under the Siegel parabolic subgroup of Sp(2n,R). For odd n we show that the Speh representations do not admit an invariant functional with respect to the subgroup U(n) of Sp(2n,R) consisting of unitary matrices. Our construction, combined with the argument in [GOSS12], gives a purely local and explicit construction of Klyachko models for all unitary representations of GL(2n,R).


Let \(F\) be a local field. It is known that \((\mathrm{GL}_{2n}(F), \mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(F))\) is a Gelfand pair, by the works of [\textit{O. Offen} and \textit{E. Sayag}, J. Funct. Anal. 254, No. 11, 2846--2865 (2008; Zbl 1143.22013)], [\textit{A. Aizenbud} and \textit{E. Sayag}, J. Lie Theory 22, No. 1, 137--153 (2012; Zbl 1252.22007)] and [\textit{E. Sayag}, ``\((\mathrm{GL}(2n,C)\), \(\mathrm{SP}(2n,C)\)) is a Gelfand pair, Preprint, \url{arXiv:0805.2625}]. Speh representations, introduced in [\textit{B. Speh}, Invent. Math. 71, 443--465 (1983; Zbl 0505.22015)], are building blocks of the unitary dual of general linear groups. In the paper under review, the authors determine all Speh representations of \(\mathrm{GL}_{2n}(\mathbb R)\) which admits a nonzero \(\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(F)\)-invariant continuous linear functional on its space of smooth vectors. All these invariant functionals are explicitly constructed. Based on the main result of this paper, the authors arrive at a complete classification of irreducible unitary representations of \(\mathrm{GL}_{2n}(F)\) which are \(\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(F)\)-distinguished.



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