Comparison of the Sally-Shalika character formulas with the endoscopic character identities for $\mathrm{SL}_2$

Abstract

We consider the depth-zero supercuspidal $L$-packets of $\mathrm{SL}_2(F)$ where $F$ is a non-archimedean local field of characteristic zero. We compare the explicit endoscopic character identities for $\mathrm{SL}_2(F)$ with the classical character formulas of Sally-Shalika. Our main result concerns the supercuspidal $L$-packet of size $4$. For this $L$-packet, we show how the norm $1$ groups $H_1, H_2, H_3$ in the three quadratic extensions of $F$ play a crucial role in the endoscopic character identities for $\mathrm{SL}_2(F)$.