The holomorphic kernel of the Rankin-Selberg convolution
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The holomorphic kernel of the Rankin-Selberg convolution
zbMATH Open document ID: 0991.11019
author: Dorian Goldfeld
author: Shou-Wu Zhang
published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 2002-01-24T00:00:00Z
review text: The standard way to deduce the analytic continuation and the functional equation of the convolution \(L\)-function \(L(s, f\otimes g)\) for a cusp form \(f\) and a modular form \(g\) is to express it as an inner product of \(fg\) with a non-holomorphic Eisenstein series. In this very interesting paper, a new approach to the convolution \(L\)-function is given without invoking the Eisenstein series. The main idea is to interpret the linear map \(f \to L(s, f\otimes g)\) as the inner product of \(f\) with a certain kernel function (cusp form) depending on \(g\) and \(s\). As the main result, the Fourier series of the kernel function is determined in terms of generalized Ramanujan sums. As an application of the method, a new simplified proof is given for a celebrated formula of \textit{B. Gross} and \textit{D. B. Zagier} [Invent. Math. 84, 225-320 (1986; Zbl 0608.14019)] concerning heights of Heegner points.
reviewed by: Matti Jutila
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11F66
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11M41
zbMATH DE Number: 1563284
zbMATH Keywords: cusp forms
zbMATH Keywords: Rankin-Selberg convolution
zbMATH Keywords: Gross-Zagier formula
zbMATH Keywords: convolution \(L\)-function
zbMATH Keywords: heights of Heegner points
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
DOI: 10.4310/AJM.1999.V3.N4.A1
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