Test vectors for Archimedean period integrals

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Abstract: We study period integrals involving Whittaker functions associated to generic irreducible Casselman-Wallach representations of mathrmGLn(F), where F is an archimedean local field. Via the archimedean theory of newforms for mathrmGLn developed by the first author, we prove that newforms are weak test vectors for several period integrals, including the mathrmGLnimesmathrmGLn Rankin-Selberg integral, the Flicker integral, and the Bump-Friedberg integral. By taking special values of these period integrals, we deduce that newforms are weak test vectors for Rankin-Selberg periods, Flicker-Rallis periods, and Friedberg-Jacquet periods. These results parallel analogous results in the nonarchimedean setting proven by the second author, which use the nonarchimedean theory of newforms for mathrmGLn developed by Jacquet, Piatetski-Shapiro, and Shalika. By combining these archimedean and nonarchimedean results, we prove the existence of weak test vectors for certain global period integrals of automorphic forms.


In the paper under the review, the authors study period integrals involving Whittaker functions associated to generic irreducible Casselman-Wallach representations of \(\mathrm{GL}_n (F)\), where \(F\) stands for an Archimedean local field. Using the theory of Archimedean newforms, the authors prove that for generic irreducible smooth representations \(\pi\) and \(\sigma\) of \(\mathrm{GL}_n (F)\) there exist Whittaker functions \(W_{\pi}\) and \(W_{\sigma}\) in the Whittaker models of \(\pi\) and \(\sigma\), and a Schwartz-Bruhat function \(\Phi\) such that the Rankin-Selberg integral \(\Psi (s, W_{\pi}, W_{\sigma}, \Phi)\) equals the Rankin-Selberg \(L\)-function \(L(s, \pi \times \sigma)\). This parallels the analogous result obtained by the second author in the non-Archimedean case ([\textit{Y. Jo}, Math. Nachr. 296, No. 1, 339--367 (2023; Zbl 1530.11051)]). Having both Archimedean and non-Archimedean cases at hand, the authors additionally obtain the existence of weak test vectors for certain global period integrals of automorphic forms.



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