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Whether or not the root number of GL$_3\times$GL$_2$ $L$-function $L(s, F \otimes g)$ contains the coefficients $\lambda_g(n)$ of $g$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $p$ and $q$ be two distinct primes. Let $$\Gamma_0(p)= \left\{ g\in \GL_3(\mathbb{Z}):g \equiv \left(\begin{matrix} \ast &\ast&\...
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Voronoi formula on $\mathrm{GL}_4$ in the level aspect with ramification

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $f$ be an automorphic form on $\GL_3$ for $\Gamma_0(p)$ with $p$ being a prime (see Bump or Goldfeld's books for definitions). Recall that, in this paper-"The ...
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What is the definition of Tr in the context of Hilbert modular forms?

I am currently reading Garrett's book "Holomorphic Hilbert Modular Forms". But I meet trouble at the starting line. Let $F = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt D)$ be a real quadratic field, $u= a + b\sqrt{D}\...
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Average bounds on Rankin-Selberg coefficients for modular forms

Let $f$ be a cuspidal Hecke newform of weight $k$ and level $N$, and denote by $a_f(n)$ its $n$-th Fourier coefficient. The newform $f$ is normalized so that $a_f(1) = 1$. As a consequence of Rankin-...
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On the local factor of Rankin-Selberg L-functions

I have a puzzle on the local factors of Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions. Consider two newforms on $\text{GL}_2$. Let $f$ be a newform of square-free level $N$, and $g$ a newform of trivial level. As ...
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Finiteness and bounds for elliptic curves realizing a given galois representation

Let $\rho: \text{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q}) \to \text{GL}_2(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ be a continuous, irreducible Galois representation. Consider the set $\mathcal{L}_\rho$ of all elliptic curves $...
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Using Lang–Trotter to get bounds on averages of Fourier coefficients

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbf{Q}$ and let $(a_n)$ be the sequence of Fourier coefficients for the weight two newform attached to $E$. The coefficients $a_p$ are the Frobenius traces given ...
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Is there any notion of Poincaré series for Hermitian modular forms?

I have been studying modular forms and their generalisations for a year or so. It is a very interesting fact that the space of cusp forms $S_k$ is generated by the Poincaré series of exponential type (...
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Generating function over primes in an arithmetic progression

Given a newform $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a(n)q^n$. Is the generating function $$ \sum_{p\equiv a\pmod{m}}a(p)q^p $$ over the primes $p\equiv a\pmod{m}$ still a modular form? Any help is highly appreciated! ...
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Abscissa of convergence of the $\tau$ Dirichlet series

Define the $\tau$ Dirichlet series $L$ by $$L(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\tau (n)}{n^s}$$ where $\tau$ is defined by $$q\prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-q^n)^{24}=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \tau (n)q^n$$ where $|q|\lt 1$....
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On the square mean of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms

I have a question which may look naive for many experts here: For any primitive holomorphic form $f$ of level $M$ ($M\in \mathbb{N}$), whether or not one has the lower bound that: $$\sum_{X<n\le 2X}...
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Identity related to Ramanujan's congruences

A very simple question: how do you prove the following identity: $$\sum_{k=0}^\infty p_{5k+4}x^k=5\frac{\phi(x^5)^5}{\phi(x)^6},$$ where $$\phi(x)=\prod_{n=1}^\infty 1-x^n,$$ and $p_n$ is the ...
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On two formulas involving the $k$-fold divisor function $d_k$ and the function $r_k$

I have a puzzle which needs some help form the experts here. Let $d(n)$ be the divisor function, and $d_k(n)$ the $k$-fold divisor function. I) It is known that, for any positive integer $h$, $$d(n+h)...
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Is Sturm's theorem able to do these?

$\newcommand{\Ord}{\operatorname{Ord}}$Let $p$ be a positive integer and $F(q)=\sum A(m)q^m$ be a formal power series with integer coefficients. Then $\Ord_p(F(q))$ is defined by $$\Ord_p(F(q)):=\min\{...
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The Wilton-type bounds involving half-integral weight cusp forms

There is a basic question which puzzles me for a while, and maybe look naive for some experts here. The question is the following: Let $f(z)=\sum_{n\ge 1} a_f(n) n^{k/2-1/4}e(nz)\in S_{k+1/2}(4N)$ be ...
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Kronecker's Jugendtraum for real quadratic fields?

Kronecker's Jugendtraum (or Hilbert's 12'th problem) is to find abelian extensions of arbitrary number fields by adjoining `special' values of transcendental functions. The Kronecker-Weber theorem was ...
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Experiments with Voronoï summation

In order to test my understanding of the Voronoï summation formula, I tried to apply it to a simple estimation of partial sums of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms. The result I obtained cannot ...
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what is the relationship betwen $L(s,sym^mf\times sym^mg)$ symmetric L function of $f$ and $g$ and $\lambda_{f}(n^m)$, $\lambda_{g}(n^m)$?

what is the relationship betwen $L(s,sym^mf\times sym^mg)$ symmetric L function of $f$ and $g$ and $\lambda_{f}(n^m)$, $\lambda_{g}(n^m)$ ?
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Upper bound of the analytic rank of the modular Jacobian varieties $J_1(N)$

Does there exist an upper bound of the analytic rank of the modular Jacobian varieties $J_1(N)$? (Or more generally of $J_\Gamma$ for a congruence subgroup $\Gamma_0 \subseteq \Gamma \subseteq \...
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Voronoï summation for cusp forms with characters

In an attempt to solve an unrelated problem, I was led to the task of estimating/bounding from above sums of the form $$\sum_{m=1}^\infty\lambda(m)e\left(-\frac{am}{q}\right)h(m)$$ where $\sum_{m=1}^\...
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Ramanujan's conjecture on modular forms and Riemann hypothesis

I just watched Kannan Soundararajan's talk on the distributions of valus of zeta and $L$-functions at virtual ICM 2022. In his talk, he introduced a theorem on Ramanujan's ternary form $\phi_{1}: x^{2}...
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A question related to Hilbert modular form

This is a question related to Hilbert modular forms. Let $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt D)$ be an imaginary quadratic field with discriminant $D<0$ and $\zeta (\text{mod } m)$ a Hecke character such ...
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Extrema of real analytic Eisenstein series and more general modular functions

The real analytic Eisenstein series defined by the Poincare sum $$E(s,z)=\sum_{(m,n)\neq (0,0)} {y^s\over |mz+n|^{2s}}$$ for $z\in{\mathbb H}$ and ${\rm Re}(s)>1$ is a manifestly $SL(2,{\mathbb Z})$...
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Entropy of a sequence

I am reading the paper Sign Changes in Hecke Eigenvalues by Matomaki and Radziwill, and in one place they mention the following, It would be interesting to rule out the possibility of $\lambda_f(n)$ ...
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Global irreducible admissible representations analogue

Let ${A}_{\mathbb{Q}}$ denote the adele over the rational numbers. Then it is known that cuspidal modular forms of level $N$ correspond to some unitary automorphic representation of $\operatorname{GL}...
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Fricke involution and Atkin operator

Let $f\in S_k(\Gamma_0(N))$ be a cusp form for $N>1$. Consider the following operators acting on $f$ via the natural action of $GL_2^{+}(\mathbb{R})$ : $$ W_N=\begin{pmatrix} 0 & -1\\ N & 0 ...
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A question on the twisted symmetric square L-functions

Sorry to disturb. I have a puzzle which might be naive for many experts here. Let $f$ be a Hecke newform of prime level $N$ on $\mathrm{GL}_2$, and $ \chi$ a primitive character of square-free ...
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Ambiguity about the exact definition of coefficients of modular forms

You can see the parts after my questions in the boxes. I received the answer to my first question in the comments. I am confused about the definition of $a_n$ and $b_n$ in Part II below. I know the ...
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Whether or not the Maass form for $\Gamma _0(N)$ on $GL(3)$ covers the classical symmetric lift of a newform on $GL(2)$?

I have a blur which needs some help from the experts here, and may look naive for some experts. Recently I read Zhou's paper "The Voronoi formula on $GL{(3)}$ with ramification" (https://...
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Voronoi formula for the symmetric $L$-function with level $N $

Sorry to disturb. Does any experts here know something upon the Voronoi type for the symmetric $L$-functions$$\sum_{n\le X} A_F(1,n)e\left ( \frac{an}{c}\right)=?$$ Here $F$ is a symmetric-lift of a $...
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Lower bound related to derivative of $j$-invariant

Recall the $j$-invariant function, namely, $$ j(\tau)=\frac{1}{q}+\sum_{k\geq 0}c_kq^k, $$ where $q=e^{2\pi i \tau}$ and the coefficients $(c_k)_k$ are in the OEIS sequence A000521. By using some ...
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Growth of the coefficients of the inversion of the $j$-invariant function

We have the $j$-invariant defined as I have that $$ j(\tau)=\frac{1}{q}+\sum_{k\geq 0}c_kq^k, $$ where $q=e^{-2\pi t}$ ($\tau=it$) and $c_k\sim e^{4\pi\sqrt{k}}/(k^{3/4}\sqrt{2})$. The inversion ...
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Conditions under which an $\eta$-quotient becomes a **weak** modular form (reference request for theorems similar to Ligozat's theorem)

For any $z \in \mathcal{H}$, let $q = e^{2\pi iz}$; and the eta function is defined as ${\displaystyle \eta (q) =q^{\frac {1}{24}}\prod _{n=1}^{\infty }\left(1-q^{n}\right).}$ By an $\eta$-quotient ...
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On some claims on cyclic modules over Hecke algebra used in Serre's "Quelques applications du théorème de densité de Chebotarev"

I have been reading section 7 of Serre's "Quelques applications du théorème de densité de Chebotarev" (http://www.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1981__54__123_0/), and in particular have been trying ...
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Generalized Siegel Weil formula

I am studying the following Poincare-like series, \begin{equation} F_k(\tau,\bar{\tau})=\sum_{\gamma\in\Gamma_{\infty}\backslash\Gamma}\sqrt{\text{Im}\gamma\tau}(q_{\gamma}\bar{q}_{\gamma})^k, \end{...
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"strange" diophantine and parity of the partition function

Let $\{x_i\}:=\{x_1=5, x_2=13, x_3=29, x_4=37, x_5=45, \dots \}$ be the sequence of those positive integers of the form $$ p^{4\alpha+1}n^2$$ in increasing order where $p\equiv 5\pmod 8$ is prime ...
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Values at 1 of symmetric power L-functions of Maass cusp forms

I have a blur that whether one has $L(1,\text{sym}^2f)\ll \log^A q$ for some $A>0$? Here $f$ is assumed to be a Maass cusp form of square-free level $q$. If any experts here know something about ...
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Coefficients of modular forms and the Sato-Tate distribution

Let $a(n)$ be the $n$th Fourier coefficient of a normalized Hecke eigenform $f(z)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a(n)q^n$ of weight $k$ with respect to the full modular group, where $q=e^{i2\pi z}$. A new paper [...
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A lower-bound for the square-mean of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms at primes argument

There is a basis question which puzzles me for a while. The question is the following: Let $X\ge 2,$ and $\lambda(n)$ be the $n$-th Fourier coefficient of a $GL(2)$ newform of prime level $N>1$, ...
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How to relate Rankin triple L-function to its Dirichlet series

I have a very tricky question which may look naive to many experts here. Let $f$ be a newform of level prime $P$, and $g,h$ two newforms of level 1, respectively. These three forms $f,g,h$ are all of ...
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$\DeclareMathOperator\sym{sym}$Does $L(s, \sym^2 f \times \sym^2 g)$ have a pole at $s=1$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\sym{sym}$I encountered a question on the poles of $\GL_3\times \GL_3$ $L$-function, which needs the knowledge of the experts ...
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Unexpected patterns on the graph of an L-function on the critical line

Let $L(s)$ be the $L$-function associated to the (only) classical modular form of weight $26$ and level $1$. The completed L-function $\Lambda(s)=2(2\pi)^{-s}\Gamma(s) L(s)$ is symmetric with respect ...
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Modular forms with finitely many or very few non-zero Fourier coefficients

I have an elementary question on modular forms, but which I don't know how to solve. a) Is there a congruence subgroup $\Gamma \leq \mathrm{SL}_2(\Bbb Z)$, an integer $k \in \Bbb Z$ and a non-...
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Ordinary primes for a weak form corresponding to a CM newform

Setup: Let $f$ be a harmonic Maass form of weight $2-k$ ($k \in \mathbb{N}$), level $N$, and character $\chi$. Letting $q := e^{2\pi i z}$ and considering the Fourier expansion of any harmonic Maass ...
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Maximum value of newform from Galois representation

One can attach $\ell$-adic Galois representations to holomorphic cuspidal newforms of weight $2$ on the upper half-plane. If a newform is $L^2$-normalized, can one extract its maximum value from the ...
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Stabilizers of points in the upper half-plane

Suppose that $\Gamma$ is a group acting discontinuously on $\mathcal{H} = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : \operatorname{Im}(z) > 1\}$. In order to keep things simple, suppose that $\Gamma \subseteq \...
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Siegel's formula for generalized theta series with characteristics?

Siegel's formula(Siegel-Weil) directly relates the weighted sum of theta functions to Eisenstein series. (Or equivalently, the weighted sum of the cusp form is zero). I wonder if there is a ...
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Theta series analogues for higher degree forms

It is simple to see that the following series converges absolutely and uniformly on $\mathcal{H}$ for all k positive: $F_{2k}(z) = \sum_{n \in \mathbb{Z}} q^{n^{2k}}$ And this series being a ...
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Lower bound on symmetric square L-function

In a paper of Soundararajan, equation (16c) states that for any Hecke eigenform $f$ of weight $k$, the symmetric square L-function at $1$ satisfies the bound $$(\log k)^{-2}\ll L(1, \mathrm{sym}^2f)\...
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Mean square estimate for the Kloosterman sums

For $m,n\in \mathbb{N}$, denote the Kloosterman sum $$S(m,n;c)=\sum_{a\bmod c}e\left( \frac{ma+n \overline{a}}{c}\right),$$where $\overline{a}$ denotes the multiplicative inverse of $a\bmod c$. Does ...