Metaplectic-lift conjecture for the Plancherel decomposition of invertible symmetric matrices

Let GG be the group acting on the set XX of invertible symmetric matrices by xg=tgxgx\cdot g=\,{}^tgxg, and write the Plancherel decomposition as

L2(X)=Temp(G)πm(π)dπ.L^2(X)=\int_{\operatorname{Temp}(G)}\pi^{\oplus m(\pi)}d\pi.

Let GG' be a two-fold Kazhdan–Patterson covering group of GG. For a genuine irreducible tempered representation π\pi' of GG' and an irreducible tempered representation π\pi of GG, call π\pi the metaplectic lift of π\pi' when their Harish–Chandra characters satisfy the relevant trace formula. For fixed π\pi, let (ιGG)1(π)(\iota_{G'}^{G})^{-1}(\pi) be the finite set of genuine irreducible tempered representations of GG' lifting to π\pi, and let dWh(π)d_{\operatorname{Wh}}(\pi') denote the Whittaker dimension of π\pi'. Metaplectic-lift conjecture. Under these settings, (1) πTemp(G)\pi\in\operatorname{Temp}(G) occurs in the Plancherel decomposition if and only if π\pi is the metaplectic lift for some π\pi', and (2)

m(π)=(ιGG)1(π)dWh(π)2,m(\pi)=\left|(\iota_{G'}^{G})^{-1}(\pi)\right|\cdot d_{\operatorname{Wh}}(\pi')^2,

where π\pi' is any genuine irreducible tempered representation of GG' lifting to π\pi. This conjecture predicts both the tempered spectrum of the symmetric space and its multiplicities in terms of metaplectic correspondence and Whittaker dimensions; its resolution is not specified in the source.

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Chuijia Wang and Jiandi Zou, “Distinction of the Steinberg representation with respect to a symmetric pair”, arXiv:2410.03247 (2024).

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