A mod $p$ Geometric Jacquet-Langlands Relation for Quaternionic Shimura Varieties at Ramified Primes
Gabriel Micolet
TL;DR
The paper studies p-adic integral models for Quaternionic Shimura varieties attached to a quaternion algebra B/F when p ramifies in F but B splits at places over p. It develops Pappas–Rapoport splitting models, a ramified Goren–Oort stratification via partial Hasse invariants, and Iwahori level structures, then extends Raynaud/crystalline techniques to define partial Raynaud subgroups and essential Frobenius isogenies. The central achievement is a geometric Jacquet–Langlands relation mod p: each smooth Goren–Oort stratum upstairs at Iwahori level is canonically isomorphic to a product of $\mathbb{P}^1$-bundles over auxiliary Quaternionic Shimura varieties, obtained by splicing Dieudonné modules and filtering subobjects. This splicing/splitting framework yields explicit moduli-theoretic descriptions that generalize previous unramified and Hilbert settings to ramified primes, enabling a modular interpretation of the GO strata and a robust link between unitary, Hilbert, and quaternionic models with applications to mod p automorphic phenomena.
Abstract
Let $F$ be a totally real field, $p$ a prime that we allow to ramify in $F$, and $B$ a quaternion algebra over $F$ which is split at places over $p$. We consider a smooth $p$-adic integral model, the Pappas-Rapoport model, of the Quaternionic Shimura variety attached to $B$ with prime-to-$p$ level, and the Goren-Oort stratification of its characteristic $p$ fiber. Furthermore, we also introduce Pappas-Rapoport models at Iwahori level $p$ along with a stratification of their characteristic $p$ fiber. We prove that these strata are isomorphic to products of $\mathbb{P}^1$-bundles over auxiliary Quaternionic Shimura varieties, from which we deduce the corresponding description of the Goren-Oort strata.
