Vanishing of the regular semisimple obstruction for symmetric pairs

Let (G,H)(\operatorname{G},\mathrm{H}) be a symmetric pair over kk such that G\operatorname{G} is quasi-split over kk and Gder\operatorname{G}_{\mathrm{der}} is simply connected. Set \X=H\G\X=\mathrm{H}\backslash\operatorname{G}, and for a regular semisimple point ξ(\X\sslashH)(k)\xi\in(\X\sslash\mathrm{H})(k) let dξd_\xi denote the natural obstruction class. Obstruction-vanishing conjecture. The natural map

[\X/H](k)(\X\sslashH)(k)[\X/\mathrm{H}](k)\longrightarrow(\X\sslash\mathrm{H})(k)

is surjective over the regular locus; equivalently, dξ=0d_\xi=0 there. The paper proves the corresponding equivalence with the existence of a pure inner form when stabilizers are abelian and conjectures this vanishing in the stated generality.

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Spencer Leslie, “Symmetric varieties for endoscopic groups”, arXiv:2401.09156 (2024).

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