Asymptotics of Shimura varieties (Q2499698)

Let \(G\) be a compact reductive algebraic group over a global field \(F\) of characteristic zero, and let \(\mathbb A_f\) be the ring of finite adeles of \(F\). In this paper the author introduces the notion of a vanishing family of compact subgroups of \(G (\mathbb A_f)\), and computes the Lefschetz number for a Shimura variety associated to a compact subgroup \(K\) belonging to a vanishing family. He also calculates the number of points of a Shimura variety over a finite field assuming that a conjecture of Milne is true, and deduces a general setting under which families of Shimura varieties reach the bound of Drinfeld and Vlăduţ.