Finite period vectors and Gauss sums

Abstract

We study four sums including the Jacquet--Piatetski-Shapiro--Shalika, Flicker, Bump--Friedberg, and Jacquet--Shalika sums associated to irreducible cuspidal representations of general linear groups over finite fields. By computing explicitly, we relate Asai and Bump--Friedberg gamma factors over finite fields to those over nonarchimedean local fields through level zero supercuspidal representation. Via Deligne--Kazhdan close field theory, we prove that exterior square and Bump--Friedberg gamma factors agree with corresponding Artin gamma factors of their associated tamely ramified representations through local Langlands correspondence. We also deduce product formulae for Asai, Bump--Friedberg, and exterior square gamma factors in terms of Gauss sums. By combining these results, we examine Jacquet--Piatetski-Shapiro--Shalika, Flicker--Rallis, Jacquet--Shalika, and Friedberg--Jacquet periods and vectors and their connections to Rankin-Selberg, Asai, exterior square, and Bump-Friedberg gamma factors, respectively.