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On $p$-adic $L$-functions for symplectic representations of GL(N) over number fields

Number Theory 2026-04-30 v3

Abstract

Let FF be a number field, and π\pi a regular algebraic cuspidal automorphic representation of GLN(AF)\mathrm{GL}_N(\mathbb{A}_F) of symplectic type. When π\pi is spherical at all primes pp\mathfrak{p}|p, we construct a pp-adic LL-function attached to any regular non-critical spin pp-refinement π~\tilde\pi of π\pi to QQ-parahoric level, where QQ is the (n,n)(n,n)-parabolic. More precisely, we construct a distribution Lp(π~)L_p(\tilde\pi) on the Galois group Galp\mathrm{Gal}_p of the maximal abelian extension of FF unramified outside pp\infty, and show that it interpolates all the standard critical LL-values of π\pi at pp (including, for example, cyclotomic and anticyclotomic variation when FF is imaginary quadratic). We show that Lp(π~)L_p(\tilde\pi) satisfies a natural growth condition; in particular, when π~\tilde\pi is ordinary, Lp(π~)L_p(\tilde\pi) is a (bounded) measure on Galp\mathrm{Gal}_p. As a corollary, when π\pi is unitary, has very regular weight, and is QQ-ordinary at all pp\mathfrak{p}|p, we deduce non-vanishing L(π×(χNF/Q),1/2)0L(\pi\times(\chi\circ N_{F/\mathbb{Q}}),1/2) \neq 0 of the twisted central value for all but finitely many Dirichlet characters χ\chi of pp-power conductor.

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@article{arxiv.2305.07809,
  title  = {On $p$-adic $L$-functions for symplectic representations of GL(N) over number fields},
  author = {Chris Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.07809},
  year   = {2026}
}

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27 pages. Final version, to appear in Res. Math. Sci