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supercuspidal

supercuspidal adjective: that has a zero Jacquet functor for every proper parabolic subgroup.

Adjective

supercuspidal (not comparable)

  1. That has a zero Jacquet functor for every proper parabolic subgroup
    • A theorem of Bernstein states that for any compact open subgroup K of G(k), there are, up to unramified twists, only finitely many K-spherical supercuspidal representations of G(k).2015, Manish Mishra, “A Galois side analogue of a theorem of Bernstein”, in arXiv

Origin of supercuspidal

From super- + cuspidal.

Questions about supercuspidal

What does supercuspidal mean?
Supercuspidal means that has a zero Jacquet functor for every proper parabolic subgroup.
What part of speech is supercuspidal?
Supercuspidal is an adjective.

Words near supercuspidal in the dictionary

  1. supercurrent
  2. supercurrents
  3. supercurricular
  4. supercurvature
  5. supercurvatures
  6. supercuspidal
  7. supercut
  8. supercutaneous
  9. supercutaneously
  10. supercute
  11. supercuts

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