Absolute convergence of the spectral side of the Arthur trace formula for \(\text{GL}_n\) (Q1889818): Difference between revisions

Let \(E\) be a number field and let \(G\) be a connected reductive algebraic group over \(E\). Let \(\mathbb{A}\) be the ring of adèles of \(E\) and let \(G(\mathbb{A})\) be the group of points of \(G\) with values in \(\mathbb{A}\). Let \(G(\mathbb{A})^1\) be the intersection of all kernels of real-valued rational characters defined over \(E\). \textit{J. G. Arthur} developed in [Duke Math. J. 45, 915--952 (1978; Zbl 0499.10032)] a generalization of the Selberg trace formula for \(E= \mathbb{Q}\) and groups \(G\) as above. The trace formula has a geometrical side which is a sum of orbital integrals over certain-conjugacy classes of \(G\) and it has a spectral side given by traces of representations, where the sum is due to a decomposition of a regular representation on \(L^2(G(E)\setminus G(\mathbb{A}))\) into a direct sum of subrepresentations associated to Weyl group orbits of pairs \((M,\rho)\), where \(M\) is the Levi component of a standard parabolic subgroup and \(\rho\) is an irreducible supercuspidal representation of \(M(\mathbb{A})^1\). Each summand of the spectral side can be developed as an infinite series of integrals over sums of logarithmic derivatives of intertwining operators applied to representations induced from parabolic subgroups \(P\) associated to \(M\). By \textit{J. G. Arthur} [Compos. Math. 40, 87--121 (1980; Zbl 0499.10033); Am. J. Math. 104, 1243--1288 (1982; Zbl 0541.22010)] each integrand can be considered as a trace class operator on a subspace of automorphic forms on \(N_P(\mathbb{A})M_P(E)/G(\mathbb{A})\), where \(N_P(\mathbb{A})\) is the unipotent radical of \(P\) and \(M_P\) an elected Levi component of \(P\). For \(G= \text{GL}_n\) the authors show that the integral series over the traces of these operators are absolute convergent in the trace norm. As the spectral side can also be considered as a sum of distributions on the space of continuous rapidly decreasing functions on \(G(\mathbb{A})^1\), the authors hope to simplify the application of the trace formula by making extra considerations with respect to the convergence of the chosen expression of the spectral side for suitable test functions superfluous.