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Realizing the local Weil representation over a number field

2009/04/15 by Gerald Cliff, Cliff, Gerald, David McNeilly +1
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Number Theory (math.NT) #Representation Theory (math.RT)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0904.2354

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Abstract

We show that the Weil representation of the symplectic group Sp(2n,F), where F is a non-archimedian local field, can be realized over the field obtained from the rationals by adjoining the square roots of p and -p, where p is the residue characteristic of F; p is assumed to be odd.

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