The metapletic fundamental lemma of Jacquet and Mao in positive characteristic (Q643621)

If a representations of \(\text{GL}_n\) is in the image of the metaplectic correspondence from representations of the two-fold cover of \(\text{GL}_n\), it is expected to be distinguished by an orthogonal group. Jacquet conjectured a relative trace formula that will in particular establish this fact. The fundamental lemma for this relative trace formula is an identity between some orbital integrals, which the reviewer conjectured the explicit form. In this note, a proof of the fundamental lemma is announced in the case of local fields of positive characteristic. The sophisticated proof is based on B.C. Ngo's argument of Jacquet-Ye conjecture (fundamental lemma for quadratic base change) and a geometric study of the metaplectic extension.