On the Ikeda lift (Q5951272)

\textit{T. Ikeda} [Ann. Math. (2) 154, 641-681 (2001; Zbl 0998.11023)] proved the Duke-Imamoglu conjecture and constructed a lift from elliptic cusp forms of weight \(2k\) to Siegel cusp forms of genus \(2n\) and weight \(k+n\), whenever \(k = n\bmod 2\). The author suggests a hypothetical analogous lift of Siegel modular forms of genus \(2n\) and weight \(k\) to Siegel modular forms of genus \(2nl\) and weight \(k+n(l-1)\). It is shown that this lift transforms Eisenstein series to Eisenstein series, if they are absolutely convergent, and the Ikeda lift of genus 2n of an elliptic cusp form to the Ikeda lift of genus \(2nl\).