The local converse theorem for generic representations of p-adic general linear groups

Let FF be a non-archimedean local field, let Gn=GLn(F)G_n={\mathrm{GL}}_n(F), and fix an additive character ψ\psi of FF. Let π1,π2\pi_1,\pi_2 be irreducible generic representations of GnG_n. For an irreducible generic representation τ\tau of GrG_r, write γ(s,πi×τ,ψ)\gamma(s,\pi_i\times\tau,\psi) for the associated local gamma factor.

Local converse conjecture. If π1\pi_1 and π2\pi_2 have the same central character and

γ(s,π1×τ,ψ)=γ(s,π2×τ,ψ)\gamma(s,\pi_1\times\tau,\psi)=\gamma(s,\pi_2\times\tau,\psi)

as functions of the complex variable ss for every irreducible generic representation τ\tau of GrG_r and every rr with 1r[n2]1\leq r\leq \left[\frac n2\right], then π1π2\pi_1\cong\pi_2.

This is the standard local converse conjecture, asserting that a generic representation is determined by its Rankin–Selberg gamma factors against generic representations of sufficiently small rank. The paper’s abstract states that the conjecture is completely proved; the source also records earlier proofs in several cases, including n=3n=3, so its status is solved.

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Primary source

Herve Jacquet and Baiying Liu, “On the Local Converse Theorem for p-adic GLn”, arXiv:1601.03656 (2017).

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