Let kk be a nonarchimedean local field with ring of integers Ok\mathcal O_k.

A maximal compact subgroup of G(k)G(k) is a compact open subgroup maximal under inclusion.

A subgroup KK is hyperspecial if GG extends to a reductive group scheme G/Ok\mathcal G/\mathcal O_k and K=G(Ok)K=\mathcal G(\mathcal O_k).

Remarks

Key property (for the letter):

  • For hyperspecial KK, the has the clean Satake description; the letter's GZpG_{\mathbb Z_p} plays this role for almost all pp.
Examples
  • GLn(Ok)GLn(k)\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathcal O_k)\subset \mathrm{GL}_n(k) is hyperspecial.