Eisenstein matrix and existence of cusp forms in rank one symmetric spaces (Q2366710)

Let \(\Gamma\) be a non-uniform lattice in \(G(\mathbb R)\), where \(G\) is an algebraic group over \(\mathbb Q\) of real rank 1. Let \(S\) be the corresponding symmetric space. Selberg developed a theory of Eisenstein series for such groups in which a crucial role is played by a certain matrix-valued function, the so-called scattering matrix. In particular the determinant of this matrix describes the contribution of the continuous part of the spectrum (on \(L^ 2(\Gamma\setminus S)\)) to the entire spectrum. In this paper the author shows that for \(G=\text{SO}(1,n)\) or \(\text{SU}(1,n)\) the determinant of the scattering matrix is a quotient of integral functions of order 1 in the case that \(\Gamma\) is arithmetic. The proof makes use of the adelic theory to reduce the determinant to a product of local factors which are either known or can be estimated using the theory of automorphic \(L\)-series. The author also shows that a similar result holds for non-congruence lattices in \(\text{SL}(2)/F\) (\(F\) containing the \(n\)th roots of unity) of the type which arise in Kubota's theory and for congruence subgroups of \(\text{SL}(2)/F\), \(F\) an arbitrary number field. These results are significant in that they imply that the cuspidal part of the spectrum of these groups accounts for the main contribution to Weyl's law.