We prove the local Gross-Prasad conjecture for generic L-packets of
representations of special orthogonal groups. The proof uses the same result
for tempered L-packets proved in a preceding paper, and irreducibility results
for the induced representations of whose the elements of the L-packets are
Langlands quotients.
We prove the local Gross-Prasad conjecture for tempered representations of
special orthogonal groups. Roughly speaking, the conjecture says that, if sigma
is an irreducible representation of SO(n) and rho is an irreducible
representation of SO(n-1), rho appears as quotient of the restriction of sigma
to SO(n-1) with a multiplicity m(sigma,rho) that can be computed in terms of
epsilon-factors. Our proof uses results of a previous papers which computes
m(sigma,rho) and the epsilon-factors by integral formulas.
Let d and m be two natural numbers of distinct parities. Let $\pi$ be an
admissible irreducible tempered representation of GL(d,F), where F is a p-adic
field. We assume that $\pi$ is self-dual. Then we can extend $\pi$ as a
representation $\tilde{\pi}$ of a non-connected group $GL(d,F)\rtimes
\{1,\theta\}$. Let $\rho$ be a representation of GL(m,F). We assume that it has
similar properties as $\pi$. Jacquet, Piatetski-Shapiro and Shalika have
defined the factor $\epsilon(s,\pi\times\rho,\psi)$.
Let d and m be two natural numbers of distinct parities. Let $\pi$ be an
admissible irreducible tempered representation of GL(d,F), where F is a p-adic
field. We assume that $\pi$ is self-dual. Then we can extend $\pi$ as a
representation $\tilde{\pi}$ of a non-connected group $GL(d,F)\rtimes
\{1,\theta\}$. Let $\rho$ be a representation of GL(m,F). We assume that it has
similar properties as $\pi$. Jacquet, Piatetski-Shapiro and Shalika have
defined the factor $\epsilon(s,\pi\times\rho,\psi)$.