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A central limit theorem for Hilbert modular forms

Number Theory 2025-03-19 v1

Abstract

For a prime ideal p\mathfrak{p} in a totally real number field LL with the adele ring A\mathbb{A}, we study the distribution of angles θπ(p)\theta_\pi(\mathfrak{p}) coming from Satake parameters corresponding to unramified πp\pi_\mathfrak{p} where πp\pi_\mathfrak{p} comes from a global π\pi ranging over a certain finite set Πk(n)\Pi_{\underline{k}}(\mathfrak{n}) of cuspidal automorphic representations of GL2(A)_2(\mathbb{A}) with trivial central character. For such a representation π\pi, it is known that the angles θπ(p)\theta_\pi(\mathfrak{p}) follow the Sato-Tate distribution. Fixing an interval I[0,π]I\subseteq [0,\pi], we prove a central limit theorem for the number of angles θπ(p)\theta_\pi(\mathfrak{p}) that lie in II, as N(p)\mathrm{N}(\mathfrak{p})\to\infty. The result assumes n\mathfrak{n} to be a squarefree integral ideal, and that the components in the weight vector k\underline{k} grow suitably fast as a function of xx.

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@article{arxiv.2310.19154,
  title  = {A central limit theorem for Hilbert modular forms},
  author = {Jishu Das and Neha Prabhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.19154},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages

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