Weil representations over finite fields and Shintani lift. (Q2438919)

Let \(F\) be a finite field of odd cardinality, and let \(\psi\) be a non-trivial character of \(F\). Let \(V\) be a finite-dimensional symplectic vector space over \(F\) and let \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F)\) be its group of isometries, seen as an algebraic group over \(F\). To \(\psi\) is attached a canonical class of representations of \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F)\), the Weil representations \(W_\psi\). Let \(F'\) be a finite extension of \(F\) with Frobenius automorphism \(\sigma\). Let \(N\) be a norm defined by Gyoja, yielding a bijection from the set of \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F')\)-conjugacy classes of \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F')\rtimes\sigma\) onto the set of conjugacy classes of \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F)\). Set \(\psi'=\psi\circ\mathrm{tr}_{F'/F}\). The main result that the authors obtain is the following theorem: There is a canonical extension \(\widetilde{W_{\psi'}}\) of \(W_{\psi'}\) to \(\mathbf{Sp}_V(F')\rtimes\mathrm{Gal}(F'/F)\) such that \(\mathrm{tr\,}\widetilde{W_{\psi'}}(g,\sigma)=\mathrm{tr\,}W_\psi(N(g,\sigma))\) for any \(g\in\mathbf{Sp}_V(F')\).