On the Iwahori-Weyl group

Abstract

Let $F$ be a discretely valued complete field with valuation ring ${\mathcal{O}}_F$ and perfect residue field $k$ of cohomological dimension $\le 1$. In this paper, we generalize the Bruhat decomposition in Bruhat and Tits from the case of simply connected $F$-groups to the case of arbitrary connected reductive $F$-groups. If $k$ is algebraically closed, Haines and Rapoport define the Iwahori-Weyl group, and use it to solve this problem. Here we define the Iwahori-Weyl group in general, and relate our definition of the Iwahori-Weyl group to that of Haines and Rapoport. Furthermore, we study the length function on the Iwahori-Weyl group, and use it to determine the number of points in a Bruhat cell, when $k$ is a finite field.