Doubling constructions and tensor product \(L\)-functions: the linear case (Q2316829)

This publication presents an integral representation for the tensor product \(L\)-function of a pair of automorphic cuspidal representations, one of a classical group, the other of a general linear group. The construction is uniform over all classical groups, and is applicable to all cuspidal representations; it does not require genericity. The main new ideas of the construction are the use of generalized Speh representations as inducing data for the Eisenstein series and the introduction of a new (global and local) model, which generalizes the Whittaker model. This paper considers linear groups, but the construction also extends to arbitrary degree metaplectic coverings; the authors prophesize that this will be the topic of an upcoming work.