New identities of differential operators from orbital integrals on 𝐺𝐿(𝑟,𝐂) (Q4536076)

This paper is devoted to the proof of one formula (Theorem 1) between certain differential operators on \(\text{GL}(r,\mathbb C)\). Let \(M\) be a Levi subgroup of \(\text{GL}(r,\mathbb C)\); then for any smooth compactly supported function \(f\) and \(g\in \text{GL}(r,\mathbb C)\) let \(J_M(g, f)\) denote Arthur's weighted orbital integral. Then there exist differential operators \(\partial^L_M(\gamma,z)\) (with \(z\) in the centre of the universal enveloping algebra of \(\text{Lie}(L\otimes\mathbb C)\)) so that, for \(z\) now in the centre of the universal enveloping algebra, we have a formula of the form \[ J_M(\gamma, zf)= \sum \partial^L_M(\gamma, z_L) J_L(\gamma, f). \] These serve to characterize the nature of the orbital integrals. The main theorem of the author is a formula relating the \(\partial^G_M(\gamma^n, z)\), whenever \(\gamma^n\) is regular, to a sum of \(\partial^G_M(\gamma\eta, z')\) where the \(\eta\) are elements of order \(n\). Here \(z\mapsto z'\) is a map which compensates for the transformation of the ``spectrum''. Although the statement is quite short it is both in content and proof subtle. The proof consists of a delicate study of the differential operators involved. The significance of this theorem is that it should provide the basis, at Archimedean places, of the generalized Shimura correspondence for metaplectic coverings, especially those with \(n> 2\).