This thesis contributes to the analytic theory of automorphic L-functions.
We prove an approximate functional equation for the central value of the L-series attached to an irreducible cuspidal automorphic representation of GL(m) over a number field. We investigate the decay rate of the cutoff function and its derivatives in terms of the analytic conductor introduced by Iwaniec and Sarnak. We also see that the truncation can be made uniformly explicit at the cost of an error term. The results extend to products of central values.
We establish, via the Hardy-Littlewood circle method, a nontrivial bound on shifted convolution sums of Fourier coefficients coming from classical holomorphic or Maass cusp forms of arbitrary level and nebentypus. These sums are analogous to the binary additive divisor sum which has been studied extensively. We achieve polynomial uniformity in all the parameters of the cusp forms by carefully estimating the Bessel functions that enter the analysis. As an application we derive, extending work of Duke, Friedlander and Iwaniec, a subconvex estimate on the critical line for L-functions associated to character twists of these cusp forms.
We also study the shifted convolution sums via the Sarnak-Selberg spectral method. For holomorphic cusp forms this approach detects optimal cancellation over any totally real number field. For Maass cusp forms the method is burdened with complicated integral transforms. We succeed in inverting the simplest of these transforms whose kernel is built up of Gauss hypergeometric functions.
We prove a power saving over the trivial bound for the number of cohomological cuspidal automorphic representations of fixed level and growing weight on $GL_3/\mathbb{Q}$, by adapting the methods of our earlier paper on $GL_2$.
We prove various results on the cohomology of arithmetic lattices arising from quaternion algebras over a number field with at least one complex place, including a strong restriction on the allowable weights of cuspidal cohomological automorphic forms and a conditional power saving for their multiplicities when the associated locally symmetric space is a hyperbolic 3-manifold.
From a spectral identity we obtain asymptotics with error term for the second integral moments of families of automorphic L-functions for GL(2) over an arbitrary number field according to twists by idele characters with arbitrary ramification at a fixed finite place. The power-saving in the error term breaks convexity at this non-archimedean place.
We prove an unconditional power saving for the dimension of the space of cohomological automorphic forms of fixed level and growing weight on GL_2 over any number field which is not totally real. Our proof involves the theory of p-adically completed cohomology developed by Calegari and Emerton, and a bound for the growth of coinvariants in certain finitely generated non-commutative Iwasawa modules.
We prove the optimal upper bound sum || f ||_4^4 << q^{eps} where f runs over an orthonormal basis of Maass cusp forms of prime level q and bounded spectral parameter.
Michael HARRIS defined the arithmetic automorphic periods for certain cuspidal representations of $GL_{n}$ over quadratic imaginary fields in his Crelle paper 1997. He also showed that critical values of automorphic L-functions for $GL_{n}\times GL_{1}$ can be interpreted in terms of these arithmetic automorphic periods. In the thesis, we generalize his results in two ways. Firstly, the arithmetic automorphic periods have been defined over general CM fields. We also prove that these periods factorize as products of local periods over infinity places. Secondly, we show that critical values of a…
We prove upper bounds for Hecke-Laplace eigenfunctions on certain Riemannian manifolds of arithmetic type. The manifolds under consideration are d-fold products of 2-spheres or 3-spheres, realized as adelic quotients of quaternion algebras over totally real number fields.
Let q be an integral quadratic form of signature (2,m+2). We will show that the Siegel theta functions attached to q satisfies certain symmetries. As an application, we prove the symmetries for automorphic forms on the orthogonal group of q closely related to Heegener divisors (Borcherds lifts and automorphic Green functions).
We prove Siegel-Walfisz type theorems (over long and short intervals) for the Fourier coefficients of certain automorphic $L$-functions and Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions over number fields.
Marvin Knopp developed the theory of automorphic integrals, which generalize automorphic forms; each automorphic integral has an additional period function in its automorphic relation. The period functions satisfy relations that arise from the underlying group relations. Knopp showed that entire automorphic integrals with rational period functions satisfy a Hecke correspondence theorem, provided the rational period functions have poles only at 0 or infinity. For other automorphic integrals each corresponding Dirichlet series has a functional equation with a remainder term that arises from the …
We improve the error term in the asymptotic formula for the twisted fourth moment of automorphic L functions of prime level and weight two proved by Kowalski, Michel and Vanderkam. As a consequence, we obtain a new subconvexity bound in the level aspect and improve the lower bound on proportion of simultaneous non-vanishing.
We prove that the complete $L$-function associated to any cuspidal automorphic representation of $GL_2(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb Q})$ has infinitely many simple zeros.
In this paper, we study the value-distributions of $L$-functions of holomorphic primitive cusp forms in the level aspect. We associate such automorphic $L$-functions with probabilistic models called the random Euler products. First, we prove the existence of probability density functions attached to the random Euler products. Then various mean values of automorphic $L$-functions are expressed as integrals involving the density functions. Moreover, we estimate the discrepancies between the distributions of values of automorphic $L$-functions and those of the random Euler products.
We apply some ideas of Bombieri and Garrett to construct natural self-adjoint operators on spaces of automorphic forms whose only possible discrete spectrum is $λ_{s}$ for $s$ in a subset of on-line zeros of an $L$-function, appearing as a compact period of cuspidal-data Eisenstein series on $GL_{4}$. These ideas have their origins in results of Hejhal and Colin de Verdiére. In parallel with the $GL(2)$ case, the corresponding pair-correlation and triple-correlation results limit the fraction of on-the-line zeros that can appear in this fashion.
In this paper we prove a version of Deligne's conjecture for potentially automorphic motives, twisted by certain algebraic Hecke characters. The Hecke characters are chosen in such a way that we can use automorphic methods in the context of totally definite unitary groups.
For $m\ge 2$, let $π$ be an irreducible cuspidal automorphic representation of $GL_m(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Q}})$ with unitary central character. Let $a_π(n)$ be the $n^{th}$ coefficient of the $L$-function attached to $π$. Goldfeld and Sengupta have recently obtained a bound for $\sum_{n\le x} a_π(n)$ as $x \rightarrow \infty$. For $m\ge 3$ and $π$ not a symmetric power of a $GL_2(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Q}})$-cuspidal automorphic representation with not all finite primes unramified for $π$, their bound is better than all previous bounds. In this paper, we further improve the bound of Golfeld and Se…
In this paper, we consider the $L$-functions $L(s, f)$ where $f$ is an eigenform for the congruence subgroup $Γ_1(q)$. We prove an asymptotic formula for the sixth moment of this family of automorphic $L$-functions.
In this paper, we give an asymptotic formula for the second moment of Dirichlet twists of an automorphic $L$-function $L(s, π)$ on the critical line averaged over characters and conductors, where $π$ denotes an irreducible tempered cuspidal automorphic representation of $\textrm{GL}_{4}$ with unitary central character. We give some hybrid bound for the error term with respect to the size of conductors of Dirichlet characters and that of the automorphic representation.
We introduce a class of multiplicative functions in which each function satisfies some statistic conditions, and then prove that above functions are not correlated with finite degree polynomial nilsequences. Besides, we give two applications of this result. One is that the twisting of coefficients of automorphic $L$-function on $GL_m (m \geq 2)$ and polynomial nilsequences has logarithmic decay; the other is that the mean value of the Möbius function, coefficients of automorphic $L$-function and polynomial nilsequences also has logarithmic decay.
Let $\mathbb{A}$ be the adele ring of a totally real algebraic number field $F$. We push forward an explicit computation of a relative trace formula for periods of automorphic forms along a split torus in $GL(2)$ from a square free level case done by Masao Tsuzuki, to an arbitrary level case. By using a relative trace formula, we study central values of automorphic $L$-functions for cuspidal automorphic representations of $GL(2, \mathbb{A})$ corresponding to Maass forms with arbitrary level.
We prove a Lindelöf on average bound for the eighth moment of a family of $L$-functions attached to automorphic forms on $GL(2)$, the first time this has been accomplished. Previously, such a bound had been proven for the sixth moment for our family by Djanković and for a similar family by Young. Our proof rests on a new approach which overcomes the lack of perfect orthogonality in the family initially observed by Iwaniec and Xiaoqing Li.
We propose a relationship between the cohomology of arithmetic groups, and the motivic cohomology of certain (Langlands-)attached motives. The motivic cohomology group in question is that related, by Beilinson's conjecture, to the adjoint $L$-function at $s=1$. We present evidence for the conjecture using the theory of periods of automorphic forms, and using analytic torsion.
We define two-parameter generalizations of Andrews' $(k+1)$-marked odd Durfee symbols and $2k$th symmetrized odd rank moments, and study the automorphic properties of some of their generating functions. When $k=0$ we obtain families of modular forms and mock modular forms. When $k \geq 1$, we find quasimodular forms and quasimock modular forms.
We prove the asymptotic formula for the fourth moment of automorphic $L$-functions of level $p^ν$, where $p$ is a fixed prime number and $ν\rightarrow \infty$. This paper is a continuation of work by Rouymi, who computed asymptotics of the first three moments at prime power level, and a generalization of results obtained for prime level by Duke, Friedlander & Iwaniec and Kowalski, Michel & Vanderkam.
We prove Deligne's conjecture for central critical values of certain automorphic $L$-functions for ${\rm GL}(3)\times {\rm GL}(2)$. The proof is base on rationality results for central critical values of triple product $L$-functions, which follow from establishing explicit Ichino's formulae for trilinear period integrals for Hilbert cusp forms on totally real etale cubic algebras over $\mathbb{Q}$.
If C is a smooth projective curve over a number field k, then, under fair hypotheses, its L-function admits meromorphic continuation and satisfies the anticipated functional equation if and only if a related function is X-mean-periodic for some appropriate functional space X. Building on the work of Masatoshi Suzuki for modular elliptic curves, we will explore the dual relationship of this result to the widely believed conjecture that such L-functions should be automorphic. More precisely, we will directly show the orthogonality of the matrix coefficients of GL_{2g}-automorphic representations…
We investigate the sixth moment of the family of $L$-functions associated to holomorphic modular forms on $GL_2$ with respect to a congruence subgroup $Γ_1(q)$. We improve on previous work and obtain an unconditional upper bound of the correct order of magnitude.
We study Hecke algebras for pairs $({\mathfrak g},K)$ over arbitrary fields $E$ of characteristic $0$, define the Bernstein functor and give another definition of the Zuckerman functor over $E$. Building on this and the author's previous work on rational structures on automorphic representations, we show that hard duality remains valid over $E$ and apply this result to the study of rationality properties of Sun's cohomologically induced functionals. Our main application are period relations for the special values of standard $L$-functions of automorphic representations of $\mathrm{GL}(2n)$ adm…
In this paper we explore some properties of periods attached to automorphic representations of unitary groups over CM fields and the critical values of their $L$-functions. We prove a formula expressing the critical values in the range of absolute convergence in terms of Petersson norms of holomorphic automorphic forms. On the other hand, we express the Deligne period of a related motive as a product of quadratic periods and compare the two expressions by means of Deligne's conjecture.
We prove an integrality result for the value at s=1 of the adjoint L-function associated to a cohomological cuspidal automorphic representation on GL(n) over any number field. We then show that primes (outside an exceptional set) dividing this special value give rise to congruences between automorphic forms. We also prove a non-vanishing property at infinity for the relevant Rankin-Selberg L-functions on GL(n) x GL(n).
We establish "higher depth" analogues of regularized determinants due to Milnor for zeros of cuspidal automorphic L-functions of GL_d over a general number field. This is a generalization of the result of Deninger about the regularized determinant for zeros of the Riemann zeta function.
We generalize the first part of A. Connes paper (math/9811068) on the zeroes of the Riemann zeta function from a number field $k$ to any simple algebra $M$ over $k$. To a given automorphic representation $π$ of the reductive group $M^\times$ of invertible elements of $M$ we find a Hilbert space $H_π$ and an operator $D_π$ (Polya-Hilbert operator), which is the infinitesimal generator of a canonical flow such that the spectrum of $D_π$ coincides with the purely imaginary zeroes of the function $L(π,\rez{2} +z)$. As a byproduct we get holomorphicity of all automorphic $L$-functions, not only the…
We prove for L-function attached to an automorphic cusp form for the Hecke congruence group $Γ_0(D)$, which is also an eigenfunction of all the Hecke operators, that a positive proportion of its non-trivial zeros lie on the critical line. This result extends the work of J.L. Hafner of 1983 where the case of the full modular group is considered.
In this article, we establish polynomial-growth bound for the sequence of Fourier coefficients associated to even integer weight vector-valued automorphic forms of Fuchsian groups of the first kind. At the end, their $L$-functions and exponential sums have been discussed.
We prove a log-free zero density estimate for automorphic $L$-functions defined over a number field $k$. This work generalizes and sharpens the method of pseudo-characters and the large sieve used earlier by Kowalski and Michel. As applications, we demonstrate for a particular family of number fields of degree $n$ over $k$ (for any $n$) that an effective Chebotarev density theorem and a bound on $\ell$-torsion in class groups hold for almost all fields in the family.
The present paper is devoted to the relations between Deligne's conjecture on critical values of motivic $L$-functions and the multiplicative relations between periods of arithmetically normalized automorphic forms on unitary groups. In the first place, we combine the Ichino--Ikeda--Neal-Harris (IINH) formula -- which is now a theorem -- with an analysis of cup products of coherent cohomological automorphic forms on Shimura varieties to establish relations between certain automorphic periods and critical values of Rankin-Selberg and Asai $L$-functions of ${\rm GL}(n)\times{\rm GL}(m)$ over CM …
We study the behaviour of automorphic L-Invariants associated to cuspidal representations of GL(2) of cohomological weight 0 under abelian base change and Jacquet-Langlands lifts to totally definite quaternion algebras. Under a standard non-vanishing hypothesis on automorphic L-functions and some technical restrictions on the automorphic representation and the base field we get a simple proof of the equality of automorphic and arithmetic L-invariants. This together with Spiess' results on p-adic L-functions yields a new proof of the exceptional zero conjecture for modular elliptic curves - at …
Let $π$ be an irreducible unitary cuspidal representation for $GL_m({\Bbb A}_{\Bbb Q})$, and let $L(s, π)$ be the automorphic $L$-function attached to $π$, which has a Dirichlet series expression in the half-plane $\mbox{Re} s>1$. When $π$ is self-contragredient, all the coefficients in the Dirichlet series expression are real. In this paper we give non-trivial lower bounds for the number of positive and negative coefficients, respectively.
We obtain the formula for the twisted harmonic second moment of the $L$-functions associated with primitive Hecke eigenforms of weight 2. A consequence of our mean value theorem is reminiscent of recent results of Conrey and Young on the reciprocity formula for the twisted second moment of Dirichlet $L$-functions.
Building on the works of S. Bochner on equivalence of modular relation with functional equation associated to the Dirichlet series, K. Chandrasekharan and R. Narasimhan obtained new equivalences between the functional equation and some arithmetical identities. Sister Ann M. Heath considered the functional equation in the Hawkins and Knopp context and showed its equivalence to two arithmetical identities associated with entire modular cusp integrals involving rational period functions for the full modular group. In this paper we use techniques of Chandrasekharan and Narasimhan and extend the re…
Xian-Jin Li gave a criterion for the Riemann hypothesis in terms of the positivity of a set of coefficients lambda_n, indexed by the integers. We define similar coefficients attached to principal automorphic L-functions over GL(N). We relate these coefficients to values of Weil's quadratic functional for the associated automorphic representation, and deduce a Riemann hypothesis criterion in terms of positivity of the real parts of these coefficients. We determine asymptotics of the coefficients, both unconditionally and on the Riemann hypothesis, as n increases. We show the existence of an ent…
We calculate mean values of $\operatorname{GL}_n$-automorphic $L$-functions twisted by primitive even Dirichlet characters of prime-power conductor, at arbitrary points within the critical strip, by derivation of special Voronoi summation formulae. Our calculation is novel in that the twisted sum can be expressed in terms of the average itself, and also that it sees the derivation of various new summation formulae in the setting of prime-power modulus. One consequence, as we explain, is to show the analytic continuation and additive summation formulae for hyper-Kloosterman Dirichlet series ass…
We obtain uniform lower bounds, true for all automorphic L-functions L(s) associated to cuspidal representations of GL(m,A) where A denotes the adeles of the rationals Q, of the integral on the vertical line (Re(s)=1/2) of the absolute value squared of L(s)/s; and also of L(s)/(s-s_0) when s_0 is a zero of the L-function on the critical line. Several variants are also obtained in small degrees m, for the vertical integrals at different abscissas in the critical strip. For the estimates required to prove convergence, we are led to generalise a result of Friedlander-Iwaniec (Can. J. Math. 57,200…
Let $λ_ϕ(n)$ be the Fourier coefficients of a Hecke holomorphic or Hecke--Maass cusp form on ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb Z)$, and $f$ be any multiplicative function that satisfies two mild hypotheses. We establish a non-trivial upper bound for the correlation $\sum_{n \leq X}f(n)λ_ϕ(n+h)$ uniformly in $0<|h|\ll X$. As applications, we consider some special cases, including $λ_π(n), \,μ(n)λ_π(n)$ and any divisor-bounded multiplicative function. Here $λ_π(n)$ denotes the $n$-th Dirichlet coefficient of $\text{GL}_m$ automorphic $L$-function $L(s,π)$ for an automorphic irreducible cuspidal representation…
In this work we provide a meromorphic continuation in three complex variables of two types of triple shifted convolution sums of Fourier coefficients of holomorphic cusp forms. The foundations of this construction are based in the continuation of the spectral expansion of a special truncated Poincaré series recently developed by Jeffrey Hoffstein. As a result we are able to produce previously unstudied and nontrivial asymptotics of truncated shifted sums which we expect to correspond to off-diagonal terms in the third moment of automorphic L-functions.
This paper exposes the underlying mechanism for obtaining second integral moments of $GL_2$ automorphic $L$--functions over an arbitrary number field. Here, moments for $GL_2$ are presented in a form enabling application of the structure of adele groups and their representation theory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first formulation of integral moments in adele-group-theoretic terms, distinguishing global and local issues, and allowing uniform application to number fields. When specialized to the field of rational numbers $\Bbb{Q}$, we recover the classical results.
We study the nonvanishing of twists of automorphic L-functions at the centre of the critical strip. Given a primitive character χmodulo D satisfying some technical conditions, we prove that the twisted L-functions L(f.χ,s) do not vanish at s=1/2 for a positive proportion of primitive forms of weight 2 and level q, for large prime q. We also investigate the central values of high derivatives of L(f.χ,s), and from that derive an upper bound for the average analytic rank of the studied L-functions.
This is a report on the global aspects of the Langlands-Shahidi method which in conjunction with converse theorems of Cogdell and Piatetski-Shapiro has recently been instrumental in establishing a significant number of new and surprising cases of Langlands Functoriality Conjecture over number fields. They have led to striking new estimates towards Ramanujan and Selberg conjectures.
We investigate the relations for $L$-functions satisfying certain functional equation, summationa formulas of Voronoi-Ferrar type and Maass forms of integral and half-integral weight. Summation formulas of Voronoi-Ferrar type can be viewed as an automorphic property of distribution vectors of non-unitary principal series representations of the double covering group of $SL(2)$. Our goal is converse theorems for automorphic distributions and Maass forms of level $N$ characterizing them by analytic properties of the associated $L$-functions. As an application of our converse theorems, we construc…
