Period integrals and Rankin-Selberg L-functions on GL(n)

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Abstract: We compute the second moment of a certain family of Rankin-Selberg L-functions L(f x g, 1/2) where f and g are Hecke-Maass cusp forms on GL(n). Our bound is as strong as the Lindel"of hypothesis on average, and recovers individually the convexity bound. This result is new even in the classical case n=2.


The paper under review deals with Rankin-Selberg \(L\)-functions attached to Hecke-Maaß forms on \(\mathrm{GL}(n)\). The first result can be stated as follows. \textit{Theorem 1:} Suppose \(f\in S_k\) is a holomorphic Hecke eigenform of even weight \(k\) for the group \(\mathrm{SL}_2({\mathbb Z})\). Let \(B_k\) be the orthogonal Hecke basis of \(S_k\). Then one has, for any \(\varepsilon>0\): \[ \sum_{g\in B_k}\mid L(f\times\overline{g},1/2)|^2\ll_\varepsilon k^{1+\varepsilon}. \] The second theorem concerns the more general case of the group \(\mathrm{SL}_n({\mathbb Z})\), \(n\geq 2\). More precsiely, let \(f\) be a tempered spherical Hecke-Maaß form for \(\mathrm{SL}_n({\mathbb Z})\) with spectral parameters \(\nu=(\nu_1,\cdots,\nu_{n-1})\in i{\mathbb R}^{n-1}\). Define the measure \[ d_{\mathrm{spec}}\nu=\Pi_{1\leq j\leq k\leq n-1}G(n(\nu_1+\cdots\nu_{n-1}))d\nu, \] where \(G(ix)=|\frac{\Gamma_{\mathbb R}(1+ix)}{\Gamma_{\mathbb R}(ix)}|^2\), \(\Gamma_{\mathbb R}(s)=\pi^{-s/2}\Gamma(s/2)\), and \(\Gamma\) is the Gamma-function. The second theorem can be stated as follows. \textit{Theorem 2:} \[ \sum_{\|\mu-\nu\|\leq 1}\mid L(f\times\overline{g},1/2)\mid^2\ll \big(\int_{\|\mu-\nu\|\leq 1}d_{\mathrm{spec}}\mu\big)^{1+\varepsilon} \] where the sum runs over an orthogonal basis of tempered Hecke-Maaß cusp forms \(g\) for \(\mathrm{SL}_n({\mathbb Z})\) with spectral parameter \(\mu\in i{\mathbb R}^{n-1}\) such that \(\|\mu-\nu\|\leq 1\). When \(n=2\) the above estimate reads as follows: \[ \sum_{\|\mu-\nu\|\leq 1}|L(f\times\overline{g},1/2)|^2\ll |\nu|^{1+\varepsilon}. \] In fact, if \(h\) is a fixed Hecke-Maaß cusp form for \(\mathrm{SL}_2({\mathbb Z})\) then one has (Theorem 3): \[ \sum_{\|\mu-\nu\|\leq 1}| L(f\times\overline{g}\times h,1/2)|^2 \ll_h|\nu|^{1+\varepsilon}. \] Moreover, these estimates are checked to be as strong as the Lindelöf hypothesis on average. The proofs are based on a geometric approach to \(L\)-functions, via periods of automorphic forms; avoiding trace formulae and explicit knowledge of Fourier coefficients.




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