Sarnak–Xue density hypothesis

Let GGLnG\leq GL_n be a connected semisimple linear algebraic group over Q\mathbb{Q} with non-compact G=G(R)G_\infty=G(\mathbb{R}). For qNq\in\mathbb{N}, let Γ(q)\Gamma(q) be the level-qq congruence subgroup, let Πunit(G)\Pi^{\mathrm{unit}}(G_\infty) denote the irreducible unitary representations of GG_\infty, let r(π)[2,]r(\pi)\in[2,\infty] be the rate of decay of matrix coefficients, and let m(π;q)m(\pi;q) be the multiplicity of π\pi in L2(Γ(q)\G)L^2(\Gamma(q)\backslash G_\infty). Sarnak–Xue density hypothesis. For any πΠunit(G)\pi\in\Pi^{\mathrm{unit}}(G_\infty),

m(π;q)vol(Γ(q)\G)2r(π).m(\pi;q)\ll\operatorname{vol}(\Gamma(q)\backslash G_\infty)^{\frac{2}{r(\pi)}}.

This is the classical density hypothesis relating multiplicities in congruence quotients to the decay of matrix coefficients; its status is not specified in the source.

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Shai Evra, Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier and Henrik P. A. Gustafsson, “The Cohomological Sarnak-Xue Density Hypothesis for SO_5”, arXiv:2309.12413 (2025).

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