Blasius–Rogawski conjecture on Eichler–Shimura relations

Let (G,X)(\mathsf{G},\mathsf{X}) be a Shimura datum with reflex field EE, let GG be its associated reductive group, and let μ\mu be the Hodge cocharacter. Let (rμ,V)(r_\mu,V) be the representation of the LL-group determined by μ\mu, and define the Hecke polynomial Hμ(X)H_\mu(X) from the associated spherical Hecke operators. For an Iwahori subgroup IG(Qp)I\subset G(\mathbb{Q}_p) and K=IKpK=IK^p, let ICShK\mathrm{IC}_{\mathrm{Sh}^*_K} denote the intersection complex on the minimal compactification and let WEW_E be the Weil group of EE. The Blasius–Rogawski conjecture asserts that the action of inertia IEWEI_E\subset W_E on RΓ(ShK,E,ICShK)R\Gamma(\mathrm{Sh}^*_{K,\overline{E}},\mathrm{IC}_{\mathrm{Sh}^*_{K}}) is unipotent and, for every σEWE\sigma_E\in W_E lifting arithmetic Frobenius Frobq\operatorname{Frob}_q, one has

Hμ(σE)=0H_\mu(\sigma_E)=0

as an endomorphism of this cohomology complex. This generalizes the Eichler–Shimura congruence relation from modular curves to higher-dimensional Shimura varieties; the stated relation is presented as conjectural in the source.

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Primary source

Ana Caraiani, Linus Hamann and Mingjia Zhang, “Intersection Cohomology of Igusa Stacks”, arXiv:2607.25889 (2026).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2012–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1812.11261, arXiv:1211.1758.

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