On the Kuznetsov trace formula for \(\operatorname{PGL}_2(\mathbb{C})\) (Q517097)

The Kuznetsov trace formula for \(\mathrm{PSL}_2({\mathbb Z})\backslash \mathrm{PSL}_2({\mathbb R})/(\mathrm{SO}(2)/\{\pm I\})\) relates Kloosterman sums and automorphic forms. A representation theoretic proof of Kuznetsov trace formula for \(\mathrm{PGL}_2({\mathbb R})\), in the case of an arbitrary Fuschian group (of the first kind) \(\Gamma\), was given by \textit{J. W. Cogdell} and \textit{I. I. Piatetski-Shapiro} [The arithmetic and spectral analysis of Poincaré series. Boston, etc.: Academic Press, Inc. (1990; Zbl 0714.11032)] in the early 1990's. Their proof is based on the use of Whittaker functions, the full spectral decomposition of \(L^2(\Gamma\backslash G)\), the consideration of Bruhat coordinates (rather than Iwasawa coordinates) along with a kernel formula involving Bessel functions (see (1.1) in the text). In the paper under review, the Kuznetsov trace formula for \(\mathrm{PGL}_2({\mathbb C})\) for an arbitray discrete subgroup of finite covolume (but not cocompact) is proved. The formula generalizes to \(\mathrm{PGL}_2({\mathbb C})\) and \(\mathrm{SL}_2({\mathbb C})\) the formula of Cogdell and Piatetski-Shapiro.