Event Type
Seminar
Monday, April 12, 2021 12:30 PM
Sol Freidberg (Boston University)

Abstract: The classical theta correspondence establishes a relationship between automorphic representations on special orthogonal groups and automorphic representations on symplectic groups or their double covers. The correspondence is achieved by using as integral kernel a theta series on the metaplectic double cover of a symplectic group constructed from the Weil representation. In this work we present an extension of this theta correspondence to higher degree covers, and a companion local extension. 

The key issue here is that for higher degree covers there is no analogue of the Weil representation, and additional ingredients are needed.  We will describe the construction, which involves a new framework that extends the classical notion of a reductive dual pair, and also explain work in progress concerning when the new lift gives a generic automorphic representation.  We suggest a broader paradigm: constructions in automorphic forms that work for algebraic groups or their double covers should often extend to higher degree covers.  These results are joint with David Ginzburg.