Counting Parabolic Principal G-bundles with Nilpotent Sections over $\mathbb{P}^{1}$

Abstract

Let $G$ be a split connected reductive group over $\mathbb{F}_q$ and let $\mathbb{P}^1$ be the projective line over $\mathbb{F}_q$. Firstly, we give an explicit formula for the number of $\mathbb{F}_{q}$-rational points of generalized Steinberg varieties of $G$. Secondly, for each principal $G$-bundle over $\mathbb{P}^1$, we give an explicit formula counting the number of triples consisting of parabolic structures at $0$ and $\infty$ and a compatible nilpotent section of the associated adjoint bundle. In the case of $GL_{n}$ we calculate a generating function of such volumes re-deriving a result of Mellit.