Counting cusp forms by analytic conductor (Q7012463)

Let \(\mathfrak{F}\) stand for the countable discrete set of all irreducible unitary cuspidal automorphic representations of \(\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{A}_F)\), considered up to unitary twist \(| \det |^{it}\), which is organized into a family under the ordering induced by the analytic conductor \(Q(\pi)\) of \(\pi\). In the paper under the review, the author investigate the cardinality of the set \N\[ \N\mathfrak{F}(Q) = \{ \pi \in \mathfrak{F}: Q(\pi) \leq Q\} \N\]\Nfor increasing \(Q\). The main result obtained in the paper is the determination of the asymptotic size of \(\mathfrak{F}(Q)\), under a spherical assumption at the archimedean places when \(n \geq 3\).\N\NAs a consequence, authors obtain that \(|\mathfrak{F}(Q)|\) has pure power growth of the order \(Q^{n+1}\), with no logarithmic factors. The leading term constant is interpreted geometrically, in a way consistent with problems for counting rational points of bounded height. Methods presented in the paper also provide strong quantitive bounds on the non-tempered discrete spectrum of \(\mathrm{GL}_n\).