§14 · Agent X4 · Sakellaridis's theorem · 2026-10-17T21:14:44Z
Audit X4.2 · How Theorem 8.0.2 is proved, where each hypothesis enters, what the pages drop
proved audit: minor defect
Lays out the proof of Theorem 8.0.2 in six steps, records which hypothesis each step uses, and checks the pages' list (A1)–(A5)Sakellaridis's standing assumptions for his Theorem 8.0.2 (the pages' Theorem E): (A1) a characteristic-0 field and a split group with simply connected derived group; (A2) an integral model of X with a smooth open Borel orbit and invariant measures; (A3a) rank-one models over O, (A3b) the Cartan decomposition, (A3c) Iwahori orbits (his Axioms 2.2.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2); (A4) conditions on the spherical roots and colours; (A5) X homogeneous and affine with one open Borel orbit. (field and group; the \(\mathcal O\)-model; Axioms 2.2.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2; spherical roots and colours; homogeneous affine with one open \(B\)-orbit) against the paper: accurate, with six losses, the main one being that the pages never fix an \(\mathcal O\)-model of \(X\).
Audit X4.2.
(I) Proof skeleton of Theorem 8.0.2 (labels (S1)–(S10) as in Theorem (cited) X4.1).
- Mackey morphisms (§3). The open \(B\)-orbit gives \(S_\chi:C_c^\infty(X)\to I(\chi)\) and adjoints \(\Delta_\chi\); the eigenfunctions are \(\Omega_\chi=\Delta_\chi(\Phi_K)\). Uses (S1)–(S4): eigenmeasures are absolute values of forms over \(\mathfrak o\) on the \(\mathfrak o\)-schemes of maximal-rank orbits.
- Sum formula (Theorem 4.2.2, p. 26; (6.2), p. 44). For generic \(\chi\) and \(x\in A_X^+\): \(\Omega_{\delta(X)^{1/2}\tilde\chi}(x)=\delta_{P(X)}^{-1/2}(x)\sum_{w\in W_X}B_w(\tilde\chi)\,{}^w\tilde\chi(x)\). Uses (S5) to know that \(A_X^+\) meets every \(K\)-orbit and (S6) to pass from the Iwahori-fixed vector to \(B(\mathfrak o)\)-orbits.
- Simple spherical reflections (§6). (S8) evaluates \(B_{w_\gamma}\); it holds under (S7) by Theorem 6.3.2 (p. 45).
- The formula with \(L\)-values (Theorem 7.2.1, p. 60). Under (S8) and (S9), \(B_w(\tilde\chi)=\beta(\tilde\chi)/\beta({}^w\tilde\chi)\) with \(\beta=\prod_{\check\gamma\in\check\Phi_X^+}(1-e^{\check\gamma})\big/\prod_{\Theta^+}(1-\sigma_{\check\theta}q^{-r_{\check\theta}}e^{\check\theta})\), so \(\Omega(x_{\check\lambda})/\beta\) is the \(W_X\)-invariant Laurent polynomial (7.4); for affine \(X\), \(\Omega(x_0)=c\,\beta\).
- Theorem 8.0.2 (p. 64). \(P_{\check\lambda}:=\Omega(x_{\check\lambda})/L_X^{1/2}\in\mathbb C[\delta(X)^{1/2}A_X^*]^{W_X}\), \(P_0=1\); \(\mathbf 1_{x_{\check\lambda}K}\mapsto P_{\check\lambda}\) is \(\mathcal H(G,K)\)-equivariant through Satake; by the Remark after Theorem 7.2.1 (p. 62) \(\check\lambda\) is the lowest weight of \(P_{\check\lambda}\) for the order defined by the cone \(\mathcal T\) of colour valuations, and \(\mathcal T\cap\mathcal V=\{0\}\) for affine \(X\); triangularity makes the \(P_{\check\lambda}\) a basis. Uses (S10) for \(X/K\simeq\Lambda_X^+\).
- The criterion. \(\mathcal H(G,K)\) acts on the target by multiplication through \(r\) and \(\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\mapsto1\), so \(\mathcal H(G,K)\cdot\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\) corresponds to \(\operatorname{im}r\): the module is generated by \(\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\) iff \(r\) is onto (\(\Leftarrow\) is Corollary 8.0.4(1)).
(II) Correspondence with the pages' list.
(III) Verdict on the summary. Accurate as a list, with these losses:
- L1. The simplification "\(k/\mathbb Q_p\) unramified" (p. 2) is dropped; the paper calls its removal trivial (not checked here).
- L2. No \(\mathcal O\)-model is fixed. Sakellaridis's \(X\) is an \(\mathfrak o\)-scheme with a chosen \(x_0\in\mathring X(\mathfrak o)\); \(K\backslash X(F)\), the axioms and \(\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\) depend on it, while the pages' \(X=G/G^\theta\) is a variety over \(\mathbb C\). Every verdict must name the model.
- L3. The paraphrase of Axiom 2.2.1Sakellaridis's Axiom 2.2.1, relabelled (A3a): rank-one models over O. For E6/F4 it holds over every O with 2 invertible (VI run). drops its second clause (complement of \(YP_\alpha\) = closure of the complement of \((YP_\alpha)_k\)), the \(\mathfrak o\)-scheme structure on \(Y\), and that \(T\) may be a non-split torus over \(\mathfrak o\).
- L4. In the requirement "spherical roots and colours" (A4)(A4) Spherical roots and colours: no spherical root of type N, every Levi L_γ of a simple spherical root classical, and his Statements 6.3.1 and 7.1.5 on the spherical roots and the virtual coloured weights., "Statement 6.3.1" is not independent: Theorem 6.3.2 derives it from "no type \(N\), \(L_\gamma\) classical". Conversely those two conditions are what make "type of a colour" and \(\Theta\) well defined (Lemma 7.1.4, p. 59, proved by inspection of Theorem 6.11.1); the hypotheses of Theorem 7.2.1 proper are only 6.3.1 and 7.1.5.
- L5. Theorem E's "(SG) iff \(r\) onto" combines Theorem 8.0.2 (\(\Rightarrow\)) with Corollary 8.0.4(1) (\(\Leftarrow\)); correct. Its item on Example 8.0.1 is correct as stated under the hypotheses; the paper does not verify them for that example.
- L6. The sentence "none of them is verified on these pages for any family" is now outdated for \(E_6/F_4\): see Proposition X4.3, Proposition X4.4, Proposition X4.5.
- Step 1–2. Read off §3 (eigenmeasures from forms over \(\mathfrak o\), §3.2) and Theorem 4.2.2 (p. 26), whose formula is stated "for \(x\in A_X^+\)"; the passage from the Iwahori vector to \(K\)-invariant vectors uses \(x_0J\subseteq x_0B_0\) "by Axiom 2.4.2Sakellaridis's Axiom 2.4.2, relabelled (A3c): Iwahori orbits at the antidominant torus points." (pp. 17 and 24). Cited.
- Steps 3–4. Statement 6.3.1 is used in the proof of Theorem 7.2.1 exactly at "By Statements 7.1.5 and 6.3.1, for \(w=w_\gamma\) this is equal to \(B_{w_\gamma}\)" (p. 61); the affine case uses Knop's separation of \(\mathcal V\) from the colour valuations (p. 61). Cited.
- Step 5. The proof of Theorem 8.0.2 on p. 64: definition (8.1) of \(P_{\check\lambda}\), equivariance, lowest weight for \(\succ_2\), "the usual inductive argument (which here uses the fact that \(\mathcal T\cap\mathcal V=\{0\}\) to commence)". Cited.
- Step 6. Under the isomorphism, \(f\cdot\varphi\leftrightarrow r(f)\cdot P_\varphi\) and \(\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\leftrightarrow1\), so \(\mathcal H(G,K)\mathbf 1_{X(\mathfrak o)}\leftrightarrow r(\mathbb C[A^*]^W)\). Proved here (one line).
- The table and L1–L6 compare the classical page (section "Sakellaridis's theorem, with its hypotheses", anchors hyp-a1 … hyp-a5 and sakellaridis-theorem) with Theorem (cited) X4.1 item by item. For L2, the pages' (A2)(A2) Integral model: X is a quasi-affine G-scheme over the integers whose open Borel orbit is smooth and surjective over them, with a G-eigenmeasure on X and a B-invariant measure on the open orbit. ("\(X\) a quasi-affine \(G\)-scheme over \(\mathcal O\) …") presupposes a model but none of the family pages chooses one; the \(E_6/F_4\) model is fixed in Proposition X4.4.
Builds on
- Theorem (cited) X4.1 · Sakellaridis's Theorem 8.0.2 and Corollary 8.0.4 with every hypothesis in his own terms
Built on by
- Proposition X4.4 · \(E_6/F_4\), \(p\) odd: the \(\mathcal O\)-model meets §1.7 and §8
- Summary X4.9 · \(E_6/F_4\) function cell: two generators, modulo (E) and (I)
- Audit X4.10 · Part 2 assumes no type-\(N\) reflections; this holds for \(E_6/F_4\)
- Re-check V4 · Re-check by V4
Sources
- sakellaridis-v3.pdf, Theorem 4.2.2 p. 26; (6.2) p. 44; Theorem 6.3.2 p. 45; Lemma 7.1.4 p. 59
- sakellaridis-v3.pdf, Theorem 7.2.1 and proof pp. 60–62; Theorem 8.0.2 and proof p. 64; Corollary 8.0.4 p. 65
- classical.html, section 4 (#s-hypotheses, #sakellaridis-theorem)