On the appearance of Eisenstein series through degeneration (Q951962): Difference between revisions

Summary: Let \(\Gamma\) be a cofinite Fuchsian group acting on the upper half-plane \(\mathbb H\). Every parabolic element of \(\Gamma\) gives rise to a (real-analytic) parabolic Eisenstein series, and every hyperbolic element of \(\Gamma\) has a corresponding hyperbolic Eisenstein series [see \textit{S. Kudla} and \textit{J. Millson}, Invent. Math. 54, 193--211 (1979; Zbl 0429.30038)]. In the work under review the authors study the limiting behaviour of these series as \(\Gamma\setminus\mathbb H\) runs through a degenerating family of hyperbolic Riemann surfaces. In the course of degeneration of the group, hyperbolic elements may be non-degenerating and converge to hyperbolic elements in the limit or they may be degenerating and give rise to a new cusp in the limit. The main theorem of the paper roughly says that the Eisenstein series follow the same pattern. If e.g. \(\gamma\in\Gamma\) corresponds to a degenerating hyperbolic element, then a suitable multiple of the associated Eisenstein series converges to parabolic Eisenstein series on the limit surface. Remark: The hypothesis \(F\equiv 0\) should be added under the assumptions in the lemma quoted in Sect 2. 6, p. 709 f.