Number Theory

An extension of Venkatesh's converse theorem to the Selberg class

Speaker: 
Min Lee
Date: 
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
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In his thesis, Venkatesh gave a new proof of the classical converse theorem for modular forms of level~1 in the context of Langlands' ``Beyond Endoscopy". We extend his approach to arbitrary levels and characters. The method of proof, via the Petersson trace formula, allows us to treat arbitrary degree~2 gamma factors of Selberg class type.
This is joint work with Andrew R. Booker and Michael Farmer.

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Local statistics for zeros of Artin--Schreier L-functions

Speaker: 
Alexei Entin
Date: 
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
Abstract: 

We discuss the local statistics of zeros of L-functions attached to Artin--Scheier curves over finite fields, that is, curves defined by equations of the form ypy=f(x), where f is a rational function with coefficients in Fq (q a power of~p).
We consider three families of Artin--Schreier L-functions: the ordinary, polynomial (the p-rank 0 stratum) and odd-polynomial families.
We present recent results on the 1-level zero-density of the first and third families and the 2-level density of the second family, for test functions with Fourier transform supported in suitable intervals. In each case we obtain agreement with a unitary or symplectic random matrix model.

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Moments of L-functions in the world of number field counting

Speaker: 
Brandon Alberts
Date: 
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
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We discuss some appearances of L-function moments in number field counting problems, with a particular focus on counting abelian extensions of number fields with restricted ramification.

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The eighth moment of the Riemann zeta function

Speaker: 
Quanli Shen
Date: 
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
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I will talk about recent work joint with Nathan Ng and Peng-Jie Wong. We established an asymptotic formula for the eighth moment of the Riemann zeta function, assuming the Riemann hypothesis and a quaternary additive divisor conjecture.

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Geodesic restrictions of Maass forms and moments of Hecke L-functions

Speaker: 
Peter Humphries
Date: 
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
Abstract: 

How large are the L2-restrictions of automorphic forms to closed geodesics? I will discuss how this problem can be shown to be equivalent to proving bounds for certain weighted moments of Hecke L-functions, and how the lattice structure of the ring of integers of real quadratic numbers fields can be exploited to obtain essentially optimal upper bounds for these weighted moments.

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Twisted first moment of GL(3)×GL(2) L-function

Speaker: 
Jakob Streipel
Date: 
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
Abstract: 

We compute a first moment of GL(3)×GL(2) L-functions twisted by a GL(2) Hecke eigenvalue at a prime. We talk about the ideas behind the proof, ways in which it can be generalised or extended, and obstacles for doing so in other directions. We also talk a bit about why such moments are interesting, briefly discussing some applications.

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Moments and periods for GL(3)

Speaker: 
Chung-Hang Kwan
Date: 
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
Abstract: 

The celebrated Motohashi phenomenon concerns the duality between the fourth moment of the Riemann zeta function and the cubic moment of automorphic L-functions of GL(2). Apart from its structural elegance, such a duality plays a very important role in various moment problems. In this talk, we will discuss the generalized Motohashi phenomena for the group GL(3) through the lenses of period integrals and the method of unfolding. As a consequence, the Kuznetsov and the Voronoi formulae are not needed in our argument.

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Double square moments and bounds for resonance sums for cusp forms

Speaker: 
Praneel Samanta
Date: 
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
Abstract: 

Let f and g be holomorphic cusp forms for the modular group SL2(Z) of weight k1 and k2 with
Fourier coefficients λf(n) and λg(n), respectively. For real α0 and 0<β1, consider a smooth resonance sum SX(f,g;α,β) of λf(n)λg(n) against e(αnβ) over Xn2X. Double square moments of SX(f,g;α,β) over both f and g are nontrivially bounded when their weights k1 and k2 tend to infinity together. By allowing both f and g to move, these double moments are indeed square moments associated with automorphic forms for GL(4). These bounds reveal insights into the size and oscillation of the resonance sums and their potential resonance for GL(4) forms when k1 and k2 are large.

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Lp-norm bounds for automorphic forms

Speaker: 
Rizwanur Khan
Date: 
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
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A fundamental problem in analysis is understanding the distribution of mass of Laplacian eigenfunctions via bounds for their Lp norms in terms of the size of their Laplacian eigenvalue. Number theorists are interested in the Laplacian eigenfunctions on the modular surface that are additionally joint eigenfunctions of every Hecke operator---namely the Hecke--Maass cusp forms. In this talk, I will describe joint work with Peter Humphries in which we prove new bounds for Lp norms in this situation. This is achieved by using L-functions and their reciprocity formulae: certain special identities between two different moments of central values of L-functions.

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Moments of large families of Dirichlet L-functions

Speaker: 
Vorrapan Chandee
Date: 
Wed, Jul 27, 2022
Location: 
PIMS, University of Northern British Columbia
Conference: 
Moments of L-functions Workshop
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Sixth and higher moments of L-functions are important and challenging problems in analytic number theory. In this talk, I will discuss my recent joint works with Xiannan Li, Kaisa Matom\"aki, and Maksym Radziwi\l\l~on an asymptotic formula of the sixth and the eighth moment of Dirichlet L-functions averaged over primitive characters mod~q over all moduli qQ (and with a short average over critical line for the eighth moment). Unlike the previous works, we do not need to include an average on the critical line for the sixth moment, and we can obtain the eighth moment result without the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis.

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