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On a strange invariant bilinear form on the space of automorphic forms

Number Theory 2016-10-06 v4 Algebraic Geometry Representation Theory

Abstract

Let F be a global field and A its ring of adeles. Let G:=SL(2). We study the bilinear form B on the space of K-finite smooth compactly supported functions on G(A )/G(F) defined by the formula B (f,g):=B'(f,g)-(M^{-1}CT (f),CT (g)), where B' is the usual scalar product, CT is the constant term operator, and M is the standard intertwiner. This form is natural from the viewpoint of the geometric Langlands program. To justify this claim, we provide a dictionary between the classical and "geometric" theory of automorphic forms. We also show that the form B is related to S. Schieder's Picard-Lefschetz oscillators.

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@article{arxiv.1503.04705,
  title  = {On a strange invariant bilinear form on the space of automorphic forms},
  author = {Vladimir Drinfeld and Jonathan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.04705},
  year   = {2016}
}

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