Characters, genericity, and multiplicity one for \(U(3)\) (Q2565875)

From the introduction: Let \(E/F\) be a quadratic extension of \(p\)-adic fields, \(p\neq2\), and consider the base change lifting from the quasisplit unitary group \(H=U(3,E/F)\) in three variables to \(G=GL(3,E)\). Our main result is that there exists a family of suitably related functions \(\psi'_{H,n}\) on \(H\) and \(\psi'_n\) on \(G\) which are supported near the origin, such that the traces \(\text{ tr~} \pi_H (\psi'_{H,n}dh)\) and twisted traces \(\text{ tr~} \pi (\psi_n'dg\times\sigma)\) stabilize for sufficiently large \(n\) and become equal to the Whittaker multiplicity (multiplicity in the space of Whittaker vectors) of the irreducible admissible representation \(\pi_H\) of \(H\) and \(\pi\) of \(G\). This is a twisted analogue of a theorem of Rodier for the involution that defines \(H\) in \(G\). Our motivation for considering such a twisted analogue of Rodier's theorem is that we found a gap in an attempted global proof [\textit{Y. Flicker}, J. Anal. Math. 50, 19--63 (1988; Zbl 0666.10019), p. 48] of the multiplicity one theorem for automorphic representations of \(H ({\mathbb A}_F)\). We use our result to provide a local proof, as suggested in [loc. cit., p. 47].