Twisted Poincare Series and Zeta functions on finite quotients of buildings

Abstract

In the case where $G=$SL${}_2(F)$ for a non-archimedean local field $F$ and $\Gamma$ is a discrete torsion-free cocompact subgroup of $G$, there is a known relationship between the Ihara zeta function for the quotient of the Bruhat-Tits tree of $G$ by the action of $\Gamma$, and an alternating product of determinants of twisted Poincaré series for parabolic subgroups of the affine Weyl group of $G$. We show how this can be generalised to other split simple algebraic groups of rank two over $F$, and formulate a conjecture about how this might be generalised to groups of higher rank.