Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2013
Let $\mathfrak{F}$ be a locally compact nonarchimedean field with residue characteristic
$p$, and let
$\mathrm{G} $ be the group of
$\mathfrak{F}$-rational points of a connected split reductive group over
$\mathfrak{F}$. For
$k$ an arbitrary field of any characteristic, we study the homological properties of the Iwahori–Hecke
$k$-algebra
${\mathrm{H} }^{\prime } $ and of the pro-
$p$ Iwahori–Hecke
$k$-algebra
$\mathrm{H} $ of
$\mathrm{G} $. We prove that both of these algebras are Gorenstein rings with self-injective dimension bounded above by the rank of
$\mathrm{G} $. If
$\mathrm{G} $ is semisimple, we also show that this upper bound is sharp, that both
$\mathrm{H} $ and
${\mathrm{H} }^{\prime } $ are Auslander–Gorenstein, and that there is a duality functor on the finite length modules of
$\mathrm{H} $ (respectively
${\mathrm{H} }^{\prime } $). We obtain the analogous Gorenstein and Auslander–Gorenstein properties for the graded rings associated to
$\mathrm{H} $ and
${\mathrm{H} }^{\prime } $.
When $k$ has characteristic
$p$, we prove that in ‘most’ cases
$\mathrm{H} $ and
${\mathrm{H} }^{\prime } $ have infinite global dimension. In particular, we deduce that the category of smooth
$k$-representations of
$\mathrm{G} = {\mathrm{PGL} }_{2} ({ \mathbb{Q} }_{p} )$ generated by their invariant vectors under the pro-
$p$ Iwahori subgroup has infinite global dimension (at least if
$k$ is algebraically closed).