Structure of internal modules and a formula for the spherical vector of minimal representations. (Q2370243)

Let \(G\) be a simply connected, simply laced Chevalley group and \(P=MN\) a maximal parabolic subgroup of \(G\) with abelian nil radical. A choice of Chevalley basis defines a \(\mathbb{Z}\)-structure on the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{n}\) of \(N\). In the first part of this paper, the authors study the orbit structure of \(\mathfrak{n}\) under the action of \(M^{\text{ss}}(\mathbb Z)\), where \(M^{\text{ss}}\) denotes the semisimple part of \(M\). The second result is an application to minimal representations of a simple split \(p\)-adic group \(G\) of adjoint type. The authors develop a formula for the spherical vector of the minimal representation of \(G\). Let \(P=MN\) be a maximal parabolic subgroup with abelian nil radical. Let \(\Omega_1\) be the set of rank 1 elements in the opposite nil radical \(\overline N\). The minimal representation of \(G\) can be realized as a space of functions on \(\Omega_1\). Then the spherical vector \(f\) is described by the following theorem (recall that the Chevalley basis gives a natural coordinate system on \(\overline N\)): Theorem. If \(x \in \Omega_1\), let \(p^m\) be the greatest common divisor of all coordinates of \(x\). Then \(f(x)=0\) unless \(m \geq 0\). If \(m \geq 0\) then, after normalizing \(f(1)=1\), \(f(x) = 1 + p^d + \cdots + p^{md}\) where \(d\) is given by the following table: \[ \begin{matrix} \mathfrak{g} & A_{n+1} & A_{2n+1} & D_{n+1} & D_{n+1} & E_6 & E_7 \\ \mathfrak{m}^{ss} & A_n & A_n \times A_n & A_n & D_n & D_5 & E_6 \\ d & n/2 & 0 & 1 & n-2 & 2 & 3.\end{matrix} \]