On the semi-infinite Deligne--Lusztig varieties for $\mathrm{GSp}$
Teppei Takamatsu
TL;DR
This work extends Chan–Ivanov's link between semi-infinite and affine Deligne–Lusztig varieties from $\text{GL}_n$ to the symplectic group $\text{GSp}_{2n}$ and its inner forms. It establishes an inverse-limit description of a semi-infinite variety in terms of higher-level affine DL varieties at infinite level, parameterized by a symplectic counterpart $V^{\mathrm{symp}}_b$ with equivalence relations $\sim_{b,m,r}$ and $\dot{\sim}_{b,m,r}$. A sharp local description of connected components is provided: certain components $X^{0}_{w_r}(b)_{\mathcal{L}}$ (after perfection) decompose as a product of a classical Deligne–Lusztig variety with an affine space, and the finite-type families $X_h$ connect these geometric objects back to Lusztig’s conjectural framework for constructing representations relevant to the local Langlands correspondence. The results reinterpret prior representation-constructing frameworks (notably $X_h$) as instances of Lusztig's broader conjectural picture and unify the geometry of DL varieties across finite, semi-infinite, and infinite-level limits in the $\text{GSp}$ setting.
Abstract
We prove that Lusztig's semi-infinite Deligne--Lusztig variety for $\mathrm{GSp}$ (and its inner form) is isomorphic, as a set with action, to an affine Deligne--Lusztig variety at infinite level, generalizing a result of Chan--Ivanov. Furthermore, we show that a component of some affine Deligne--Lusztig variety $X^0_{w_r}(b)_{\mathcal{L}}$ for $\mathrm{GSp}$ can be written, up to perfection, as a direct product of a classical Deligne--Lusztig variety with an affine space. We also study the varieties $X_h$ defined by Chan and Ivanov, and show that $X_h$ at infinite level can be realized as a subset of semi-infinite Deligne--Lusztig varieties defined using components of affine Deligne--Lusztig varieties such as $X^0_{w_r}(b)_{\mathcal{L}}$ above, even in the $\mathrm{GSp}$ case. This reinterprets previous constructions of representations from $X_h$ as instances of Lusztig's conjectural picture.
