Bounds for multiplicities of unitary representations of cohomological type in spaces of cusp forms (Q972567)

Let \(G_{\infty}\) be a semisimple real Lie group and \(\pi\) a unitary representation of cohomological type of \(G_{\infty}\). For certain sequences of the arithmetic quotient \(\Gamma_n\backslash G_{\infty}\), the paper gives an upper bound of the multiplicity with which \(\pi\) occurs in the decomposition of the regular representation of \(G_{\infty}\) on \(L^2_{\text{cusp}}(\Gamma_n\backslash G_{\infty})\), in the form of the volume of \(\Gamma_n\backslash G_{\infty}\) to the power of \(1-\mu\). The result holds with an extra assumption on \(\pi\) when \(G_{\infty}\) admits discrete series. This is the first bound with \(\mu>0\) for general Lie groups, improving the previous bounds of \textit{D. L. DeGeorge} and \textit{N. R. Wallach} [Ann. Math. (2) 107, 133--150 (1978; Zbl 0397.22007)] and \textit{G. Savin} [Invent. Math. 95, No.1, 149--159 (1989; Zbl 0673.22003)].