Brian Smithling

On the arithmetic transfer conjecture for exotic smooth formal moduli spaces

In the relative trace formula approach to the arithmetic Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture, we formulate a local conjecture (arithmetic transfer) in the case of an exotic smooth formal moduli space of p-divisible groups, associated to a unitary group relative to a ramified quadratic extension of a p-adic field. We prove our conjecture in the case of a unitary group in three variables.

Regular formal moduli spaces and arithmetic transfer conjectures

We define various formal moduli spaces of p-divisible groups which are regular, and morphisms between them. We formulate arithmetic transfer conjectures, which are variants of the arithmetic fundamental lemma conjecture of the third author in the presence of ramification. These conjectures include the AT conjecture of our previous joint work. We prove these conjectures in low-dimensional cases.