Weighted Langlands–Shelstad transfer conjecture

Let GG and MM be the groups under consideration over a local field FF. Let MM' be an unramified local elliptic endoscopic datum for MM, let δΔG-reg(M,ζ)\delta'\in\Delta_{G\textnormal{-reg}}(M',\zeta'), and let ff' belong to the relevant test-function space. The transfer is defined by

JM(δ,f)=γΓG-reg(M,ζ)ΔM(δ,γ)JM(γ,f).J_{M}(\delta',f)=\sum_{\gamma\in\Gamma_{G\textnormal{-reg}}(M,\zeta)}\Delta_{M}(\delta',\gamma)J_{M}(\gamma,f).

Weighted Langlands–Shelstad transfer conjecture. For each GG and MM, there is a function S^M~G~(δ,f)\hat{S}^{{\tilde G}'}_{{\tilde M}'}(\delta',f') on

Sac(G~,ζ~){\mathscr S}_{\mathrm{ac}}(\tilde{G}',\tilde\zeta')

such that

JM(δ,f)=GEM(G)ιM(G,G)S^M~G~(δ,f).J_{M}(\delta',f)=\sum_{G'\in {\mathscr E}_{M'}(G)}\iota_{M'}(G,G')\hat{S}^{{\tilde G}'}_{{\tilde M}'}(\delta',f').

This is the weighted form of the Langlands–Shelstad transfer conjecture, asserting that the transfer of weighted orbital integrals is expressed through the corresponding endoscopic terms. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture is open or resolved.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Tian An Wong, “A weighted stable trace formula I: Basic functions”, arXiv:2105.08759 (2022).

Progress summary

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The conjecture remains open: a 2022 paper uses it as an assumption rather than proving it, and no later proof or counterexample was found.

The weighted Langlands–Shelstad transfer conjecture asserts that weighted orbital-integral transfer equals the corresponding endoscopic expression. It appears as Conjecture 2.42.4 in A Weighted Stable Trace Formula I (15 April 2022), which assumes it rather than proving it.

Known results

  • The same paper gives the weighted Fundamental Lemma and ordinary unweighted transfer as evidence, but does not establish the weighted conjecture.

Current status (as of August 2026): The conjecture is formulated and supported by related transfer results, but no proof, counterexample, or subsequent verification was found.

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