Weighted distribution of low-lying zeros of GL(2) L-functions
Abstract
We show that if the zeros of an automorphic -function are weighted by the central value of the -function or a quadratic imaginary base change, then for certain families of holomorphic GL(2) newforms, it has the effect of changing the distribution type of low-lying zeros from orthogonal to symplectic, for test functions whose Fourier transforms have sufficiently restricted support. However, if the -value is twisted by a nontrivial quadratic character, the distribution type remains orthogonal. The proofs involve two vertical equidistribution results for Hecke eigenvalues weighted by central twisted -values. One of these is due to Feigon and Whitehouse, and the other is new and involves an asymmetric probability measure that has not appeared in previous equidistribution results for GL(2).
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@article{arxiv.1806.05869,
title = {Weighted distribution of low-lying zeros of GL(2) L-functions},
author = {Andrew Knightly and Caroline Reno},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.05869},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Updated numbering and minor edits. 27 pages. To appear in Canad. J. Math