Prasad's conjecture on distinction of the Steinberg representation

Let FF be a nonarchimedean local field with finite residual field, let E/FE/F be a Galois quadratic extension, and let GG be a connected reductive group defined over FF. Write GE=G(E)G_E=G(E) and GF=G(F)G_F=G(F). For a smooth representation c0c0 of GEG_E and a character c7c7 of GFG_F, say that c0c0 is c7c7-distinguished if

HomGF(c0,c7)0.\operatorname{Hom}_{G_F}(c0,c7)\ne 0.

Let Gad=G/ZG^{ad}=G/Z be the adjoint group, and let c7adc7_{ad} be the Prasad character of Gad(F)G^{ad}(F). Prasad's conjecture. The representation StESt_E is c7adc7_{ad}-distinguished with respect to Gad(F)G^{ad}(F), and

HomGad(F)(StE,c7ad)\operatorname{Hom}_{G^{ad}(F)}(St_E,c7_{ad})

is one-dimensional. Moreover, StESt_E is not c7c7'-distinguished for any character c7c7' of Gad(F)G^{ad}(F) distinct from c7adc7_{ad}. The conjecture generalizes Prasad's result for G=GL2G=\operatorname{GL}_2; the supplied text does not establish whether it has been resolved.

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Primary source

François Courtès, “Distinction of the Steinberg representation III: the tamely ramified case”, arXiv:1408.6656 (2016).

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