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Euler Systems in the Twisted Friedberg-Jacquet Setting - Shilin Lai

This seminar discusses Euler systems within the twisted Friedberg-Jacquet setting, covering key automorphic representations.

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This presentation develops novel arithmetic and harmonic analytic tools to construct Euler systems within the twisted Friedberg-Jacquet framework of certain unitary group representations. Euler systems are powerful objects in number theory linking special values of L-functions to arithmetic cycles, and their twisted analogues involve more intricate field extensions and inner forms of unitary groups. Shilin Lai elaborates on the delicate interplay between automorphic representations, special cycles on Shimura varieties, and local harmonic analysis, culminating in a construction of Euler systems over anticyclotomic extensions through new methods beyond classical theta integrals. This work offers significant advancements for specialists studying unitary Shimura varieties, automorphic periods, and their arithmetic applications.

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  1. Structured Deep Dive
  2. 1. Background and Motivation: Automorphic Representations and Periods
  3. 2. Twisted Setting and Field Extensions
  4. 3. Arithmetic Geometry: Shimura Varieties and Special Cycles
  5. 4. Constructing Euler Systems in the Twisted Setting
  6. 5. Reduction to Local Harmonic Analysis
  7. 6. Two Local Cases: Split-Split and Inert Cases
  8. 7. Trace Map Image Characterization and Inversion Formula
  9. 8. Conclusion and Open Questions
  10. Key Frameworks and Models
  11. Twisted Friedberg-Jacquet Euler System Framework
  12. Practical Implications & Takeaways
  13. Action-Oriented Summary
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