Special Cycles on GSpin Shimura Varieties

Abstract

The results in this dissertation are on the intersection behavior of certain special cycles on GSpin(n, 2) Shimura varieties for n > 1. In particular, we will determine when the intersection of the special cycles defined by a collection of special endomorphisms consists of isolated points in terms of the fundamental matrix of this collection. These generalize the corresponding results in the lower dimensional cases proved by Kudla and Rapoport.