Geometric structure in the tempered dual of SL(4)

We exhibit a definite geometric structure in the tempered dual of SL(4, ℚp). Especially interesting is the case of SL(4, ℚ2), when we reveal a tetrahedron of reducibility in the tempered dual. This conforms to a recent geometric conjecture.

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