Nonvanishing of central \(L\)-values of Maass forms (Q1639645)

In the paper under review, the author considers the central \(L\)-values of \(\mathrm{GL}(2)\) Maaß forms of weight 0 and level 1 and establishes a positive proportional non-vanishing result of such values in the aspect of large spectral parameter in short intervals, which is qualitatively optimal in view of Weyl's law. The proof is based on the method of moments and the mollification method. As an application of this result and a formula of Katok-Sarnak, he gives a non-vanishing result on the first Fourier coefficients of Maaß forms of weight 1/2 and level 4 in the Kohnen-plus space.