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The first simultaneous sign change for Fourier coefficients of Hecke-Maass forms

Number Theory 2020-03-17 v1

Abstract

Let ff and gg be two Hecke-Maass cusp forms of weight zero for SL2(Z)SL_2(\mathbb Z) with Laplacian eigenvalues 14+u2\frac{1}{4}+u^2 and 14+v2\frac{1}{4}+v^2, respectively. Then both have real Fourier coefficients say, λf(n)\lambda_f(n) and λg(n)\lambda_g(n), and we may normalize ff and gg so that λf(1)=1=λg(1)\lambda_f(1)=1=\lambda_g(1). In this article, we first prove that the sequence {λf(n)λg(n)}nN\{\lambda_f(n)\lambda_g(n)\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}} has infinitely many sign changes. Then we derive a bound for the first negative coefficient for the same sequence in terms of the Laplacian eigenvalues of ff and gg.

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@article{arxiv.2003.06621,
  title  = {The first simultaneous sign change for Fourier coefficients of Hecke-Maass forms},
  author = {Moni Kumari and Jyoti Sengupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06621},
  year   = {2020}
}

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To appear in the Ramanujan Journal