Adams conjecture for local theta correspondence

Let m,nZ0m,n\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}, let Gn=Sp2n(F)G_n=\operatorname{Sp}_{2n}(F) and Hm±=O2m±(F)H_m^\pm=\operatorname{O}_{2m}^\pm(F) with m>nm>n, and set α=2m2n1\alpha=2m-2n-1. Let Π(Gn)\Pi(G_n) and Π(Hm±)\Pi(H_m^\pm) denote the sets of equivalence classes of complex irreducible admissible representations, and let θα±\theta_{-\alpha}^\pm be the local theta correspondence. For a local Arthur parameter ψ\psi of GnG_n, let Πψ\Pi_\psi be its local Arthur packet. If χW\chi_W is the trivial representation of WFW_F, χV\chi_V is the specified quadratic character, and

ψα=(χWχV1ψ)χWS1Sα,\psi_\alpha=(\chi_W\chi_V^{-1}\otimes\psi)\oplus\chi_W\otimes S_1\otimes S_\alpha,

then Adams conjecture. If πΠψ\pi\in\Pi_\psi and θα±(π)0\theta_{-\alpha}^\pm(\pi)\neq 0, then

θα±(π)Πψα.\theta_{-\alpha}^\pm(\pi)\in\Pi_{\psi_\alpha}.

This predicts that local theta correspondence preserves local Arthur packets after replacing the original parameter by ψα\psi_\alpha. The source recalls this as Adams's prediction; its resolution is not specified here.

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Primary source

Alexander Hazeltine, Aarya Kumar and Andrew Tung, “Beyond the Adams Conjecture”, arXiv:2607.23885 (2026).

Additional references

6 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2604.03095, arXiv:2603.11602, arXiv:2403.17867, arXiv:2104.12354, arXiv:0909.3360.

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