We consider invariant hyperfunctions associated to automorphic forms on the upper half plane. We give two interpretations of the period function of Maass forms introduced by Lewis. The first interpretation shows that the period function arises from the explicit description of a representative of the hyperfunction associated to the Maass form. Under certain conditions, automorphic forms determine cohomology classes in a cohomology group with values in the hyperfunctions with bounded support on the line. A map from hyperfunctions to holomorphic functions leads to a second, cohomological, interpretation of the period function.
We consider periods of automorphic representations of adele groups defined by integrals along Gelfand subgroups. We define natural maps between local components of such periods and construct corresponding global maps using automorphic $L$-functions. This leads to an introduction of a global invariant of an automorphic representation arising from two such periods. We compute this invariant in some cases.
We present a regularization procedure of period integrals of automorphic forms on a group $G$ over an arbitrary reductive subgroup $G' \subset G$. As a consequence we obtain an explicit $G'(\mathbb{A})$-invariant functional on the space of automorphic forms on $G$ whose exponents avoid certain prescribed hyperplanes. We also provide a necessary and sufficient condition for convergence of period integrals of automorphic forms in terms of their exponents.
The zeros and poles of standard automorphic $L$-functions attached to representations of classical groups are linked to the nonvanishing of lifts in the theory of the theta correspondence. The results of this paper show that when a cuspidal representation $σ$ of a symplectic group $G$ lifts to a cuspidal representation $π= θ_ψ(σ)$ of an orthogonal group $H$ attached to a quadratic space $V$ of dimension $m$, the Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms in $σ$ are linked to periods of automorphic forms in $π$. Consequently, when our results are combined with the Rallis inner product formula in…
We present a new method of estimating trilinear period for automorphic representations of SL(2,R). The method is based on the uniqueness principle in representation theory. We show how to separate the exponentially decaying factor in the triple period from the essential automorphic factor which behaves polynomially. We also describe a general method which gives an estimate on the average of the automorphic factor and thus prove a convexity bound for the triple period.
We consider modular functions (i.e., the Eisenstein series and Hecke-Maass forms) for the group PSL(2,Z). We fix a quadratic number field E. This gives rise to twisted (by a Hecke character of the field E) periods of a modular function along the torus corresponding to E. We prove meromorphic continuation for a Dirichlet series generated by these twisted periods.
We prove upper bounds for geodesic periods of automorphic forms over general rank one locally symmetric spaces. Such periods are integrals of automorphic forms restricted to special totally geodesic cycles of the ambient manifold and twisted with automorphic forms on the cycles. The upper bounds are in terms of the Laplace eigenvalues of the two automorphic forms, and they generalize previous results for real hyperbolic manifolds to the context of all rank one locally symmetric spaces.
We prove a refinement of the global Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture proposed by Ichino-Ikeda and N. Harris for unitary groups under some local conditions. We need to assume some expected properties of L-packets and some part of the local Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture.
A cuspidal automorphic representation πof a group G is said to to be distinguished with respect to a subgroup H if the integral of f along H is nonzero for a cusp form f in the space of π. Such period integrals are related to (non)vanishing of interesting L-values and also to Langlands functoriality. This article discusses a general principle, labelled arithmeticity, which roughly states that "πis H-distinguished if and only if any Galois conjugate of πis H-distinguished." We study this principle via several examples; starting with GL(2) and leading up to more complicated situations where the …
In this paper, we consider the $\SL(2)$ analogue of two well-known theorems about period integrals of automorphic forms on $\GL(2)$: one due to Harder-Langlands-Rapoport, and the other due to Waldspurger.
Let $k$ be a number field and $\mathbb{A}$ be its ring of adeles. Let $U$ be a unipotent group defined over $k$, and $σ$ a $k$-rational involution of $U$ with fixed points $U^+$. As a consequence of the results of C. Moore, the space $L^2(U(k)\backslash U_{\mathbb{A}})$ is multiplicity free as a representation of $U_{\mathbb{A}}$. Setting $p^+:ϕ\mapsto \int_{U^+(k)\backslash {U}_{\mathbb{A}}^+} ϕ(u)du$ to be the period integral attached to $σ$ on the space of smooth vectors of $L^2(U(k)\backslash U_{\mathbb{A}})$, we prove that if $Π$ is a topologically irreducible subspace of $L^2(U(k)\backsl…
Betti-Whittaker periods of the contragredient representations for $\textrm{GL}(n)$
Zhejiang University（浙江大学）；Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University（浙江大学数学高等研究院）；School of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University（浙江大学数学学院）；Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics and New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Zhejiang University（浙江大学数学高等研究院与新Cornerstone科学实验室）
We formulate an analogue of the archimedean motivic action conjecture of Prasanna--Venkatesh for irregular cohomological automorphic forms on Shimura varieties, which appear on multiple degrees of coherent cohomology of Shimura varieties. Such multiple appearances are due to many infinity types in a single $L$-packet with equal minimal $K$-types. Accordingly, we formulate the conjecture comparing periods of forms of different automorphic representations. We provide evidences for the conjecture by showing its compatibility with existing conjectures on periods of automorphic forms. The conjectur…
This article grew out of my talk in "The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan" conference where I spoke about some techniques to prove algebraicity results for the special values of symmetric cube L-functions attached to the Ramanujan Δ-function. If one wishes to compare these different techniques, then one needs to compare various automorphic periods attached to the symmetric cube transfer of Δ. Motivated by this problem, in this article we provide comparison results for Whittaker-Betti periods, Shalika-Betti periods and certain relative periods attached to a given cohomological cuspidal automorphic…
Many important analytic statements about automorphic forms, such as the analytic continuation of certain L-functions, rely on the well-known rapid decay of K-finite cusp forms on Siegel sets. We extend this here to prove a more general decay statement along sets much larger than Siegel sets, and furthermore state and prove the decay for smooth but not necessarily K-finite cusp forms. We also state a general theorem about the convergence of Rankin-Selberg integrals involving unipotent periods, closing a gap in the literature on L-functions. These properties serve as the analytic basis of a new …
Following the regularization method presented by Zydor, we study in this paper the regularized linear periods of square-integrable automormphic forms on $\mathrm{GL}_{2n}(\mathbb{A}_F)$, where $F$ is a number field and $\mathbb{A}_F$ its ring of adeles. We obtain a formula that expresses the regularized period of a noncuspidal, square-integrable automorphic form in terms of degenerate Whittaker functions in an inductive manner. As a consequence we characterize irreducible automorphic representations in the discrete spectrum of $\mathrm{GL}_{2n}(\mathbb{A})$ that are distinguished by $\mathrm{G…
The purpose of this semi-expository article is to give another proof of a classical theorem of Shimura on the critical values of the standard L-function attached to a Hilbert modular form. Our proof is along the lines of previous work of Harder and Hida (independently). What is different is an organizational principle based on the period relations proved by Raghuram and Shahidi for periods attached to regular algebraic cuspidal automorphic representations. The point of view taken in this article is that one need only prove an algebraicity theorem for the most interesting L-value, namely, the c…
We develop the orbit method in a quantitative form, along the lines of microlocal analysis, and apply it to the analytic theory of automorphic forms. Our main global application is an asymptotic formula for averages of Gan--Gross--Prasad periods in arbitrary rank. The automorphic form on the larger group is held fixed, while that on the smaller group varies over a family of size roughly the fourth root of the conductors of the corresponding $L$-functions. Ratner's results on measure classification provide an important input to the proof. Our local results include asymptotic expansions for cert…
Let $π'$ be a cuspidal automorphic representation of $GL_{2n}$, which is assumed to be the Jacquet-Langlands transfer from a cuspidal automorphic representation $π$ of $GL_{2m}(D)$, where $D$ is a division algebra so that $GL_{2m}(D)$ is an inner form of $GL_{2n}$. In this paper, we consider the relation between linear periods on $π$ and $π'$. We conjecture that the non-vanishing of the linear period on $π$ would imply the non-vanishing of that on $π'$. We illustrate an approach using a relative trace formula towards this conjecture, and prove the existence of smooth transfer over non-archimed…
We show that every irreducible representation in the discrete automorphic spectrum of GL(n) admits a non vanishing mixed (Whittaker-symplectic) period integral. The analog local problem is a study of models first considered by Klyachko over a finite field. Locally, we show that for a p-adic field F every irreducible, unitary representation of GL(n,F) has a Klyachko model.
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 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).
By the unfolding method, Rankin-Selberg L-functions for ${\rm GL}(n)\times{\rm GL}(m)$ can be expressed in terms of period integrals. These period integrals actually define invariant forms on tensor products of the relevant automorphic representations. By the multiplicity-one theorems due to Sun-Zhu and Chen-Sun such invariant forms are unique up to scalar multiples and can therefore be related to invariant forms on equivalent principal series representations. We construct meromorphic families of such invariant forms for spherical principal series representations of ${\rm GL}(n,\mathbb{R})$ an…
We consider the degree 4 L-function associated to an automorphic representation of the symplectic group GSp(4). Starting with Beilinson's Eisenstien symbol we construct some motivic cohomology classes on the Shimura variety of GSp(4). We show that the image of these classes under the absolute Hodge regulator vanishes on the boundary of the Baily-Borel compactification of the Shimura variety. This allows to relate these classes to the product of an archimedean integral, Harris' occcult period invariant, a Deligne period and the special value of the L-function predicted by Beilinson's conjecture…
Let $π$ be a regular algebraic cuspidal automorphic representation of ${\rm GL}_n({\mathbb A}_F)$ for a number field $F$. We consider certain periods attached to $π$. These periods were originally defined by Harder when $n=2$, and later by Mahnkopf when $F = {\mathbb Q}$. In the first part of the paper we analyze the behaviour of these periods upon twisting $π$ by algebraic Hecke characters. In the latter part of the paper we consider Shimura's periods associated to a modular form. If $ϕ_χ$ is the cusp form associated to a character $χ$ of a quadratic extension, then we relate the periods of $…
