We describe a new method to estimate the trilinear period on automorphic representations of PGL(2,R). Such a period gives rise to a special value of the triple L-function. We prove a bound for the triple period which amounts to a subconvexity bound for the corresponding special value of the triple L-function. Our method is based on the study of the analytic structure of the corresponding unique trilinear functional on unitary representations of PGL(2,R).
In this paper we generalized Venkatesh and Woodbury's work on the subconvexity bound of triple product L-function in level aspect, allowing joint ramifications, higher ramifications, general unitary central characters and general special values of local epsilon factors. In particular we derived a nice general formula for the local integrals whenever one of the representations has sufficiently higher level than the other two.
We describe a new method to estimate the trilinear period on automorphic representations of PGL(2,R). Such a period gives rise to a special value of the triple L-function. We prove a bound for the triple period which amounts to a subconvexity bound for the corresponding special value. Our method is based on the study of the analytic structure of the corresponding unique trilinear functional on unitary representations of PGL(2,R).
We introduce a ``geometric'' method to bound periods of automorphic forms. The key features of this method are the use of equidistribution results in place of mean value theorems, and the systematic use of mixing and the spectral gap. Applications are given to equidistribution of sparse subsets of horocycles and to equidistribution of CM points; to subconvexity of the triple product period in the level aspect over number fields, which implies subconvexity for certain standard and Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions; and to bounding Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms.
We generalize our previous method on subconvexity problem for $\mathrm{GL}_2 \times \mathrm{GL}_1$ with cuspidal representations to Eisenstein series, and deduce a Burgess-like subconvex bound for Hecke characters, i.e., the bound $|L(1/2,χ)| \ll_{\mathbf{F},ε} \mathbf{C}(χ)^{1/4-(1-2θ)/16+ε}$ for varying Hecke characters $χ$ over a number field $\mathbf{F}$ with analytic conductor $\mathbf{C}(χ)$. As a main tool, we apply the extended theory of regularized integral due to Zagier developed in a previous paper to obtain the relevant triple product formulas of Eisenstein series.
We prove hybrid subconvexity bounds twisted L-functions $L(s,f\times χ)$ at the central point using a fourth moment estimate, including a new instance of the Burgess subconvexity bound.
We prove hybrid subconvexity bounds for a wide class of twisted L-functions $L(s,f\times χ)$ at the central point, including a new instance of the Weyl subconvexity bound.
Let $π$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$. In this paper we will prove the following subconvex bound $$ L(\tfrac{1}{2}+it,π)\ll_{π,\varepsilon} (1+|t|)^{3/4-1/16+\varepsilon}. $$
Let $M,N$ be coprime square-free integers. Let $f$ be a holomorphic cusp form of level $N$ and $g$ be either a holomorphic or a Maaß form with level $M$. Using a large sieve inequality, we establish a bound of the form $\sum_{g}\left|L^{(j)}\left(1/2+it,f \otimes g\right)\right|^2 \ll_t M+M^{2/3-β}N^{4/3}$ where $β\approx 1/500$. As a consequence, we obtain subconvexity bounds for $L^{(j)}\left(1/2+it,f \otimes g\right)\ll (MN)^{1/2 - α}$ for any $N<M$ satisfying the conditions above without using amplification methods. Moreover, by the symmetry, we establish a level aspect hybrid subconvexity…
Let $π$ be a $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$ Hecke-Maass cusp form and $χ$ a primitive Dirichlet character of prime power conductor $\mathfrak{q}=p^k$ with $p$ prime. In this paper we will prove the following subconvexity bound $$ L\left(\frac{1}{2}+it,π\times χ\right)\ll_{π,\varepsilon} p^{3/4}\big(\mathfrak{q}(1+|t|)\big)^{3/4-3/40+\varepsilon}, $$ for any $\varepsilon >0$ and $t \in \mathbb{R}$.
We improve on the subconvexity bound for self-dual $\rm{GL}(3)$ $L$-functions in the $t$-aspect. Previous results were obtained by Li and by Mckee, Sun and Ye.
We prove a Weyl-type subconvexity bound for the central value of the $L$-function of a Hecke-Maass form or a holomorphic Hecke eigenform twisted by a quadratic Dirichlet character, uniform in the archimedean parameter as well as the twisting parameter. A similar hybrid bound holds for quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions, improving on a result of Heath-Brown. As a consequence of these new bounds, we obtain explicit estimates for the number of Heegner points of large odd discriminant in shrinking sets.
Let $π$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $\mathrm{SL(3, \mathbb{Z})}$ and $f$ be a holomorphic cusp form for $\mathrm{SL(2,\mathbb{Z})}$ of weight $k$ or a Hecke-Maass cusp form corresponding to the Laplacian eigenvalue $1/4+k^2$, $k\geq 1$, for $\mathrm{SL(2,\mathbb{Z})}$. In this paper, we prove the following subconvexity bound \begin{align*} L\left({1}/{2},\ π\times f\right) \ll_{π,\,ε} k^{\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{51}+ε}. \end{align*}
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.
Let $M$ be a square-free integer and let $P$ be a prime not dividing $M$ such that $P \sim M^η$ with $0<η<2/21$. We prove subconvexity bounds for $L(\tfrac{1}{2}, f \otimes g)$ when $f$ and $g$ are two primitive holomorphic cusp forms of levels $P$ and $M$. These bounds are achieved through an unamplified second moment method.
Let $f$ be a fixed self-contragradient Hecke-Maass form for $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$, and $u$ an even Hecke-Maass form for $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$ with Laplace eigenvalue $1/4+k^2$, $k>0$. A subconvexity bound $O\big(k^{4/3+\varepsilon}\big)$ in the eigenvalue aspect is proved for the central value at $s=1/2$ of the Rankin-Selberg $L$-function $L(s,f\times u)$. Meanwhile, a subconvexity bound $O\big((1+|t|)^{2/3+\varepsilon}\big)$ in the $t$ aspect is proved for $L(1/2+it,f)$. These bounds improved corresponding subconvexity bounds proved by Xiaoqing Li (Annals of Mathematics, 2011). The main technique in …
We give an upper bound for the error term in the Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher formula for the partition function. The main input is a new hybrid subconvexity bound for the central value $L(\tfrac 12,f\times (\tfrac{q}{\cdot}))$ in the $q$ and spectral parameter aspects, where $f$ is a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $Γ_0(N)$ and $q$ is a fundamental discriminant.
Fix $g$ a self-dual Hecke-Maass form for $SL_3(\mathbb{Z})$. Let $f$ be a holomorphic newform of prime level $q$ and fixed weight. Conditional on a lower bound for a short sum of squares of Fourier coefficients of $f$, we prove a subconvexity bound in the $q$ aspect for $L(s, g\times f)$ at the central point.
For Dirichlet series roughly of the type $Z(s, w) = sum_d L(s, chi_d) d^{-w}$ the subconvexity bound $Z(s, w) \ll (sw(s+w))^{1/6+\varepsilon}$ is proved on the critical lines $\Re s = \Re w = 1/2$. The convexity bound would replace 1/6 with 1/4. In addition, a mean square bound is proved that is consistent with the Lindelöf hypothesis. An interesting specialization is $s=1/2$ in which case the above result give a subconvex bound for a Dirichlet series without an Euler product.
Subconvexity bounds are proved for general Epstein zeta functions of k-ary quadratic forms. This is related to sup-norm bounds for Eisenstein series on GL(k), and the exact sup-norm exponent is determined to be (k-2)/8 for k >= 2. In particular, if $k$ is odd, this exponent is not in Z/4, which shows that Sarnak's purity conjecture does not hold for Eisenstein series.
We study a double Dirichlet series of the form $\sum_{d}L(s,χ_{d}χ)χ'(d)d^{-w}$, where $χ$ and $χ'$ are quadratic Dirichlet characters with prime conductors $N$ and $M$ respectively. A functional equation group isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 6 continues the function meromorphically to $\mathbb{C}^{2}$. A convexity bound at the central point is established to be $(MN)^{3/8+\varepsilon}$ and a subconvexity bound of $(MN(M+N))^{1/6+\varepsilon}$ is proven. The developed theory is used to prove an upper bound for the smallest positive integer $d$ such that $L(1/2,χ_{dN})$ does not vanis…
Let $f $ be a holomorphic Hecke eigenforms or a Hecke-Maass cusp form for the full modular group $ SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$. In this paper we shall use circle method to prove the Weyl exponent for $GL(2)$ $L$-functions. We shall prove that \[ L \left( \frac{1}{2} + it \right) \ll_{f, ε} \left( 1 + |t|\right)^{1/3 + ε}, \] for any $ε> 0.$
Let $f $ be a holomorphic Hecke eigenform or a Hecke-Maass cusp form for the full modular group $ SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$. In this paper we shall use circle method to prove the Weyl exponent for $GL(2)$ $L$-functions. We shall prove that \[ L \left( \frac{1}{2} + it, f \right) \ll_{f, ε} \left( 2 + |t|\right)^{1/3 + ε}, \] for any $ε> 0.$
Let $P$ be a prime and $k$ be an even integer. Let $f$ be a full level holomorphic cusp form of weight $k$ and $ρ$ be a primitive level $P$ holomorphic cusp form with arbitrary nebentypus and fixed weight $κ$. We prove a hybrid subconvexity bound for $L\left(\frac{1}{2},\mathrm{Sym}^2 f\otimes ρ\right)$ when $P^{\frac{1}{4}+η}<k<P^{\frac{21}{17}-η}$ for any $0<η<\frac{67}{136}$. This extends the range of $P$ and $k$ achieved by Holowinsky, Munshi and Qi. The result is established using a new variant of the delta method.
Let $π$ be a $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$ Hecke-Maass cusp form satisfying the Ramanujan conjecture and the Selberg-Ramanujan conjecture, and let $χ$ be a primitive Dirichlet character modulo $M$, which we assume to be prime for simplicity. We will prove the following subconvex bound $$ L\left(\tfrac{1}{2},π\otimesχ\right)\ll_{π,\varepsilon} M^{\frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{1612}+\varepsilon}. $$
Let $q$ be a large prime, and $χ$ the quadratic character modulo $q$. Let $ϕ$ be a self-dual Hecke--Maass cusp form for $SL(3,\mathbb{Z})$, and $u_j$ a Hecke--Maass cusp form for $Γ_0(q)\subseteq SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ with spectral parameter $t_j$. We prove the hybrid subconvexity bounds for the twisted $L$-functions \[ L(1/2,ϕ\times u_j\timesχ)\ll_{ϕ,\varepsilon} (qt_j)^{3/2-θ+\varepsilon},\quad L(1/2+it,ϕ\timesχ)\ll_{ϕ,\varepsilon} (qt)^{3/4-θ/2+\varepsilon}, \] for any $\varepsilon>0$, where $θ=1/23$ is admissible.
Fix an integer $κ\geqslant 2$. Let $P$ be prime and let $k> κ$ be an even integer. For $f$ a holomorphic cusp form of weight $k$ and full level and $g$ a primitive holomorphic cusp form of weight $2 κ$ and level $P$, we prove hybrid subconvexity bounds for $L \left(\tfrac{1}{2}, \text{Sym}^2 f \otimes g\right)$ in the $k$ and $P$ aspects when $P^{\frac {13} {64} + δ} < k < P^{\frac 3 8 - δ}$ for any $0 < δ< \frac {11} {128}$. These bounds are achieved through a first moment method (with amplification when $P^{\frac {13} {64}} < k \leqslant P^{\frac 4 {13}}$).
In this paper, over an arbitrary number field, we prove subconvexity bounds for self-dual $\mathrm{GL}_3$ $L$-functions in the $t$-aspect and for self-dual $\mathrm{GL}_3 \times \mathrm{GL}_2$ $L$-functions in the $\mathrm{GL}_2$ Archimedean aspect.
We prove explicit Harris-Kudla type formulas for triples of Maass forms, holomorphic forms, and combinations thereof, on the hyperbolic plane modulo congruence groups and co-compact lattices arising from Eichler orders of quaternion algebras. These formulas relate the central value of the corresponding Rankin triple product L-function to a squared trilinear period integral. Assuming subconvexity estimates for these L-values, we prove Quantum Unique Ergodicity on such quotients; the relevant Lindelof hypotheses imply a quantitative form of QUE, with an optimal rate. In connection with the Berry…
In this paper, we prove strong subconvexity bounds for self-dual $\mathrm{GL}(3)$ $L$-functions in the $t$-aspect and for $\mathrm{GL}(3)\times\mathrm{GL}(2)$ $L$-functions in the $\mathrm{GL}(2)$-spectral aspect. The bounds are strong in the sense that they are the natural limit of the moment method pioneered by Xiaoqing Li, modulo current knowledge on estimate for the second moment of $\rm GL(3)$ $L$-functions on the critical line.
Let $π$ be a $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$ automorphic form. Let $χ=χ_1χ_2$ be a Dirichlet character with $χ_i$ primitive modulo $M_i$. Suppose $M_1$, $M_2$ are primes such that $\sqrt{M_2}M^{4δ}<M_1<M_2M^{-3δ}$, where $M=M_1M_2$ and $0<δ<1/28$. In this paper we will prove the following subconvex bound $$ L(\t1/2,π\otimesχ)\ll_{π,\varepsilon} M^{3/4}-δ+\varepsilon}. $$
In this paper we prove a hybrid subconvexity bound for class group $L$-functions associated to a quadratic extension $K/\mathbb{Q}$ (real or imaginary). Our proof relies on relating the class group $L$-functions to Eisenstein series evaluated at Heegner points using formulas due to Hecke. The main technical contribution is the following uniform sup norm bound for Eisenstein series $E(z,1/2+it)\ll_\varepsilon y^{1/2} (|t|+1)^{1/3+\varepsilon}, y\gg 1$, extending work of Blomer and Titchmarsh. Finally, we propose a uniform version of the sup norm conjecture for Eisenstein series.
In this paper we give quantitative local test vectors for Waldspurger's period integral (i.e., a toric period on $\text{GL}_2$) in new cases with joint ramifications. The construction involves minimal vectors, rather than newforms and their variants. This paper gives a uniform treatment for the matrix algebra and division algebra cases under mild assumptions, and establishes an explicit relation between the size of the local integral and the finite conductor $C(π\timesπ_{χ^{-1}})$. As an application, we combine the test vector results with the relative trace formula, and prove a hybrid type su…
Let f be a cusp form for SL(3, Z) associated with a generalized principal series representation of minimal weight d, spectral parameter r and associated L-function L(s, f). For $r \asymp d \asymp T$ the subconvexity bound $L(1/2, f) \ll T^{3/4 - 1/140000}$ is proved.
Let $p$ be a prime. Let $f$ be a holomorphic modular form of level $p$ with trivial nebentypus. We prove the bound $L\left(\text{sym}^2f, \frac{1}{2} + it\right) \ll_{f,ε} p^{1/2+ε}t^{3/4-1/12 + ε}$. This bound is subconvex in the $t$-aspect and almost convex in the level aspect simultaneously.
Let f be a cusp form for the group SL(3, Z) with Langlands parameter mu and associated L-function L(s, f). If mu is in generic position, i.e. away from the Weyl chamber walls and away from the self-dual forms, we prove the subconvexity bound L(1/2, f) << || mu || ^{3/4 - 1/120000}.
A non-symmetric reciprocity formula is established that expresses the fourth moment of automorphic L-functions of level q and primitive central character twisted by the l-th Hecke eigenvalue as a twisted mixed moment of automorphic L-functions of level l and trivial central character. As an application, uniform subconvexity bounds for L-functions in the level and the eigenvalue aspect are derived.
We prove a subconvexity bound in the conductor aspect for $L(s,f,χ)$ where $f$ is a half integer weight modular form. This $L$-function has analytic continuation and functional equation, but no Euler product. Due to the lack of an Euler product, one does not expect a Riemann hypothesis for half integer weight modular forms. Nevertheless one may speculate a Lindelof-type hypothesis, and this current subconvexity result is an indication towards its truth.
We describe a general method to obtain weak subconvexity bounds for many classes of $L$-functions. This has applications to a conjecture of Rudnick and Sarnak for the mass equidistribution of Hecke eigenforms (see arxiv.org:math/0809.1636).
Let $f$ be a holomorphic cusp form for $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ of weight $k>1$. In these notes, we follow Munshi to prove the Burgess bound $$ L(1/2+it,f)\ll_{f,\varepsilon} (1+|t|)^{1/2-1/8+\varepsilon}. $$
We describe a new method to obtain weak subconvexity bounds for $L$-functions with mild hypotheses on the size of the Dirichlet coefficients. We verify these hypotheses for all automorphic $L$-functions and (with mild restrictions) the Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions attached to two automorphic representations. The proof relies on a new unconditional log-free zero density estimate for Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions.
A simple proof of the classical subconvexity bound $ζ(1/2+it) \ll_εt^{1/6+ε}$ for the Riemann zeta-function is given, and estimation by more refined techniques is discussed. The connections between the Dirichlet divisor problem and the mean square of $|ζ(1/2+it)|$ are analysed.
Let $f$ be a $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ holomorphic cusp form or the Eisenstien series $E(z,1/2)$ and $π$ be a $SL(3,\mathbb{Z})$ Hecke-Maass cusp form with its Langlands parameter $μ$ in generic position i.e. away from Weyl chamber walls and away from self dual forms. We study an amplified second moment $\sum_{j} A(π_j)|L(1/2,π_j\times f)|^2$ and deduce the subconvexity bound \begin{equation*} L(1/2,π\times f)\ll_{f,ε} \|μ\|^{3/2-1/2022+ε}. \end{equation*} As a corollary, when $f=E(z,1/2)$, we also obtain the subconvexity bound \begin{equation*} L(1/2,π)\ll_ε \|μ\|^{3/4-1/4044+ε}. \end{equation*}
Let $π$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$ and $f$ be a holomorphic (or Maass) Hecke form for $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$. In this paper we prove the following subconvex bound $$ L\left(\tfrac{1}{2}+it,π\times f\right)\ll_{π,f,\varepsilon} (1+|t|)^{\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{42}+\varepsilon}. $$
We make the subconvex exponent for $\mathrm{GL}_2$ cuspidal representation in the work of Michel \& Venkatesh explicit. The result depends on an effective dependence on the `fixed' $\mathrm{GL}_2$ representation in our former work on the subconvex bounds for twists by Hecke characters, which in turn depends on the $\mathrm{L}^4$-norm of the test function.
