Ramanujan Type Buildings

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A building \(\mathcal B\) with all vertices special and whose underlying graph \(\underline{\mathcal B}\) is \(l\)-regular is called Ramanujan type building with bound \(c\), if every eigenvalue \(\lambda\) of the adjacency matrix of \(\underline{\mathcal B}\) is either \(\lambda=\pm l\) or \(|\lambda|\leq c\). Let \(\mathcal B\) be the Bruhat-Tits building attached to the group \(\text{GL}_3(\mathbb{Q}_p)\). The building \(\mathcal B\) is the direct product of the building of \(\text{SL}_3(\mathbb{Q}_p)\) and the affine line, so all vertices of \(\mathcal B\) are special. Let \(\mathbb{A}\) be the ring of adeles of \(\mathbb{Q}\), \(\mathbb{A}_f\) be the ring of finite adeles. Let \(G'\) be a \(\mathbb{Q}\)-form of \(\text{U}(3)\) such that \(G'(\mathbb{Q}_p)\cong\text{GL}_3(\mathbb{Q}_p)\) and \(G'(\mathbb{R})\) is compact. Denote by \(K_p\) the maximal compact subgroup \(G'(\mathbb{Z}_p)\) of \(G'(\mathbb{Q}_p)\). For each prime \(q\neq p\) let \(K_q\) be a compact open subgroup of \(G'(\mathbb{Q}_q)\) chosen to be small and such that the group \(K_f=\prod_{q\text{ finite}}K_q\) is a compact open subgroup of \(G'(\mathbb{A}_f)\). Denote by \(K_f^p\) the subgroup \(\prod_{q\text{ finite, }q\neq p}K_q\). The number of double cosets in \(G'(\mathbb{Q})\backslash G'(\mathbb{A})/G'(\mathbb{R})G'(\mathbb{Q}_p)K_f^p\) is finite. Let \(\{x_1,\dots,x_n\}\) be the set of representatives of these cosets and let \(\Gamma_{i,p}'=G'(\mathbb{R})G'(\mathbb{Q}_p)K_f^p\cap x_iG'(\mathbb{Q})x_i^{-1}\). Then \(\Gamma_{i,p}'\) has a normal subgroup \(\Gamma_{i,p}\) of finite index which has no nontrivial element of finite order. Denote by \({\mathcal B}_i\) the finite quotient of the building of \(G'(\mathbb{Q}_q)\) by \(\Gamma_{i,p}\) and by \(\mathbb{B}\) the disjoint union of the \({\mathcal B}_i\), \(i=1,\dots,n\). Main theorem. (a) Each connected component of \(\mathbb{B}\) is a Ramanujan type building quotient with bound \(2p(p^{1/2}+1+p^{-1/2})\). (b) If \(G'\) is a compact form of \(\text{U}(3)\) arising from a division algebra with an involution of the second kind, then each connected component of \(\mathbb{B}\) is a Ramanujan type building quotient with bound \(6p\).











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