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On the definition of stable transfer factors

Tian An Wong

Vol. 341 (2026), No. 1, 147–198
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2026.341.147
Abstract

We construct stable geometric and spectral transfer factors for a general reductive group and develop some of their basic properties, assuming the refined local Langlands correspondence. Using our definition of stable geometric transfer factors, we show that the stable transfer conjecture for orbital integrals implies the stable transfer of characters and vice versa. The latter is also implied by local Langlands, and in particular this establishes archimedean stable geometric transfer. Finally, we show how the stable geometric transfer factors can be used to define stable spectral transfer factors.

Keywords
stable spectral transfer, stable geometric transfer
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 22E55
Secondary: 11R39
Milestones
Received: 29 February 2024
Revised: 16 September 2025
Accepted: 1 November 2025
Published: 10 March 2026
Authors
Tian An Wong
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128
United States

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