A note on the structure theory of groups acting on the Bruhat Tits tree associated to ${\mathrm{PGL}}_2(F)$

Abstract

In this note we prove the classical decomposition theorems for certain subgroups of the automorphism group of the Bruhat-Tits tree associated to ${\mathrm{PGL}}_2(F)$, where $F$ is a local field. The results can be used to understand the representation theory of these subgroups. Moreover, we can also use the results to obtain similar decompositions for \textit{any} closed transitive subgroup of the automorphism group of \textit{any} Bruhat-Tits tree.

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