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A complete classification of locally spherically symmetric four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetimes is given in terms of their local conformal symmetries. The general solution is given in terms of canonical metric types and the associated…

Given a hyperspherical $G$-variety $\mathscr X$ we consider the zero moment level $\Lambda_{\mathscr X}\subset{\mathscr X}$ of the action of a Borel subgroup $B\subset G$. We conjecture that $\Lambda_{\mathscr X}$ is Lagrangian. For the…

Let G be a classical complex Lie group, P any parabolic subgroup of G, and X = G/P the corresponding homogeneous space, which parametrizes (isotropic) partial flags of subspaces of a fixed vector space. In the mid 1990s, Fulton, Pragacz,…

By applying the residue method for period integrals and Langlands-Shahidi's theory for residues of Eisenstein series, we study the period integrals for six spherical varieties. For each spherical variety, we prove a relation between the…

In this paper, we provide a complete Plancherel-Rotach asymptotic analysis of polynomials that satisfy a second-order difference equation with linear coefficients. According to the signs of the parameters, we classify the difference…

We discuss various forms of the Plancherel Formula and the Plancherel Theorem on reductive groups over local fields.

A group theoretical description of basic discrete symmetries (space inversion P, time reversal T and charge conjugation C) is given. Discrete subgroups of orthogonal groups of multidimensional spaces over the fields of real and complex…

This paper is the first in a series of two dedicated to the study of period relations of the type $$ L(\frac{1}{2}+k,\Pi)\;\in\;(2\pi i)^{d\cdot k}\Omega_{(-1)^k}{\mathbb Q}(\Pi),\quad \frac{1}{2}+k\;\text{critical}, $$ for certain…

Let $G$ be a simple Lie Group with finite center, and let $K\subset G$ be a maximal compact subgroup. We say that $G$ is a Lie group of tube type if $G/K$ is a hermitian symmetric space of tube type. For such a Lie group $G$, we can find a…

From a spectral identity we obtain asymptotics with error term for the second integral moments of families of automorphic L-functions for GL(2) over an arbitrary number field according to twists by idele characters with arbitrary…

We prove dispersive and Strichartz estimates for Schr\"o- dinger equations on a class of locally symmetric spaces {\Gamma}\X, where X = G/K is a symmetric space and {\Gamma} is a torsion free discrete sub- group of G. We deal with the cases…

Take a bounded symmetric domain $D$ and an arithmetic subgroup $\Gamma$ of ${\rm Aut}(D)$. Take the quotient $D/\Gamma$, compactify and resolve the singularities. We study the fundamental group of the compact complex manifolds that result…

For a finite Coxeter system and a subset of its diagram nodes, we define spherical elements (a generalization of Coxeter elements). Conjecturally, for Weyl groups, spherical elements index Schubert varieties in a flag manifold G/B that are…

Let $G\subset \O(n)$ be a group of isometries acting on $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $\R^n$, and ${\bf{X}}$ a bounded domain in $\R^n$ which is transformed into itself under the action of G. Consider a symmetric, classical…

Let $K$ be a non-archimedean local field of residual characteristic $p\neq 2$. Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $K$, let $\theta$ be an involution of $G$ over $K$, and let $H$ be the connected component of $\theta$-fixed subgroup…

Given an algebraic family $f\colon\Lambda\times \mathbb{A}^2 \to \Lambda\times \mathbb{A}^2$ of plane polynomial automorphisms of H\'enon type parameterized by a quasi-projective curve, defined over a number field $\mathbb{K},$ we…

Lapid and Mao conjectured Ichino-Ikeda type formula of Whittaker periods for any quasi-split reductive groups and metaplectic groups. In this paper, we prove this formula for any irreducible cuspidal globally generic automorphic…

In this paper, we introduce a new family of period integrals attached to irreducible cuspidal automorphic representations $\sigma$ of symplectic groups $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(\mathbb{A})$, which detects the right-most pole of the $L$-function…

This paper contains a non-trivial generalization of the Harish-Chandra transforms on a connected semisimple Lie group $G,$ with finite center, into what we term spherical convolutions. Among other results we show that its integral over the…

We develop a systematic method for classifying supersymmetric orbifold compactifications of M-theory. By restricting our attention to abelian orbifolds with low order, in the special cases where elements do not include coordinate shifts, we…