Functional equation for Mellin transform of Fourier series associated with modular forms
Abstract
Let and denote the Mellin transforms of and , respectively. Ramanujan investigated the functions and that satisfy the functional equation \begin{equation*} X_{1}(s)X_2(1-s) = \lambda^2, \end{equation*} where is a constant independent of . Ramanujan concluded that elementary functions such as sine, cosine, and exponential functions, along with their reasonable combinations, are suitable candidates that satisfy this functional equation. Building upon this work, we explore the functions and whose Mellin transforms satisfy the more general functional equation \begin{equation*} \frac{X_1(s)}{X_2(k-s)} = \sigma^2, \end{equation*} where is an integer and is a constant independent of . As a consequence, we show that the Mellin transform of the Fourier series associated with certain Dirichlet L-functions and modular forms satisfy the same functional equation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.06254,
title = {Functional equation for Mellin transform of Fourier series associated with modular forms},
author = {Omprakash Atale},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.06254},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
26 pages. Comments and suggestions are welcomed