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Non-vanishing of Maass form 𝐿-functions of cubic level at the central point

  • Hui Wang ORCID logo and Xin Wang ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: February 27, 2025

Abstract

With the method of mollification and the simple Kuznetsov trace formula, we study the central 𝐿-values of GL 2 Maass forms of cubic level and establish a positive-proportional non-vanishing result in the spectral aspect in short intervals.

MSC 2020: 11F12; 11F30; 11F67

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2021YFA1000700

Funding statement: This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFA1000700).

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Professors Jianya Liu and Xiumin Ren for their help and encouragement. We gratefully acknowledge the many helpful suggestions of Professors Bingrong Huang, Yongxiao Lin, Qinghua Pi, Zhi Qi and Yingnan Wang during the preparation of the paper. We also thank PhD Shilun Wang for some useful advice. Thanks also go to the referees for corrections and very helpful comments.

  1. Communicated by: Guozhen Lu

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Received: 2022-12-03
Revised: 2024-07-12
Published Online: 2025-02-27
Published in Print: 2025-06-01

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