Weakly unramified representations, finite morphisms, and Knapp-Stein $R$-groups

Abstract

We transfer Knapp-Stein $R$-groups for unitary weakly unramified characters between a $p$-adic quasi-split group and its non-quasi-split inner forms, and provide the structure of those $R$-groups for a general connected reductive group over a $p$-adic field. This work supports previous studies on the behavior of $R$-groups between inner forms, and extends Keys' classification for unitary unramified cases of simply-connected, almost simple, semi-simple groups.