Infinite-dimensional $p$-adic groups, semigroups of double cosets, and inner functions on Bruhat--Tits builldings

TL;DR

This paper develops $p$-adic analogs of operator colligations, constructs semigroup structures on double cosets of $p$-adic groups, and introduces characteristic functions mapping Bruhat--Tits buildings, revealing new algebraic and geometric insights.

Contribution

It introduces a novel framework for $p$-adic operator colligations, constructs semigroup structures on double cosets, and defines characteristic functions on Bruhat--Tits buildings.

Findings

Double cosets form a semigroup structure.

Characteristic functions map buildings to buildings.

Product of characteristic functions corresponds to semigroup multiplication.

Abstract

We construct $p$-adic analogs of operator colligations and their characteristic functions. Consider a $p$-adic group $G=GL(\alpha+k\infty, Q_p)$, its subgroup $L=O(k\infty,Z_p)$, and the subgroup $K=O(\infty,Z_p)$ embedded to $L$ diagonally. We show that double cosets $\Gamma= K\setminus G/K$ admit a structure of a semigroup, $\Gamma$ acts naturally in $K$-fixed vectors of unitary representations of $G$. For each double coset we assign a 'characteristic function', which sends a certain Bruhat--Tits building to another building (buildings are finite-dimensional); image of the distinguished boundary is contained in the distinguished boundary. The latter building admits a structure of (Nazarov) semigroup, the product in $\Gamma$ corresponds to a point-wise product of characteristic functions.