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Let $\pi$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $SL(3,\mathbb{Z})$ and $\chi=\chi_1\chi_2$ a Dirichlet character with $\chi_i$ primitive modulo $M_i$. Suppose that $M_1$, $M_2$ are primes such that $\max\{(M|t|)^{1/3+2\delta/3},M^{2/5}|t|^{-9/20},…

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Let $f$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $SL_3(\mathbb{Z})$ and $\chi$ a primitive Dirichlet character of prime power conductor $\mathfrak{q}=p^{\kappa}$ with $p$ prime and $\kappa\geq 10$. We prove a subconvexity bound $$…

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Let $\pi$ be a Hecke-Maass cusp form for $\rm SL_3(\mathbf{Z})$ and let $g$ be a holomorphic or Maass cusp form for $\rm SL_2(\mathbf{Z})$. Let $\chi$ be a primitive Dirichlet character of modulus $M=M_1M_2$ with $M_i$ prime, $i=1,2$.…

Let $\pi$ be a $SL(3,\mathbb Z)$ Hecke-Maass cusp form satisfying the Ramanujan conjecture and the Selberg-Ramanujan conjecture, and let $\chi$ be a primitive Dirichlet character modulo $M$, which we assume to be prime for simplicity. We…

Let $f$ be a Hecke-Maass or holomorphic primitive cusp form of arbitrary level and nebentypus, and let $\chi$ be a primitive character of conductor $M$. For the twisted $L$-function $L(s,f\otimes \chi)$ we establish the hybrid subconvex…

For a $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ form $f$, we obtain the sub-Weyl bound \begin{equation*} L(1/2+it,f)\ll_{f,\varepsilon} t^{1/3-\delta+\varepsilon}, \end{equation*} where $\delta=1/174$, thereby crossing the Weyl barrier for the first time beyond…

Let $f\in S_k(N,\psi)$ be a newform, and let $\chi$ be a primitive character of conductor $q^{\ell}$. Assume that $q$ is a prime and $\ell>1$. In this paper we describe a method to establish convexity breaking bounds of the form $$…

Let $f$ and $g$ be holomorphic or Maass cusp forms for $\rm SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and let $\chi$ be a primitive Dirichlet character of prime power conductor $\mathfrak{q}=p^{\kappa}$ with $p$ prime and $\kappa>12$. A subconvex bound for the…

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Let $f$ and $g$ be two holomorphic or Hecke-Maass primitive cusp forms for $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ and $\chi$ be a primitive Dirichlet character of modulus $p$, an odd prime. A subconvex bound for the central values of the Rankin-Selberg…

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Given a Dirichlet character $\chi$ modulo $q$ and its associated $L$-function, $L(s,\chi)$, we provide an explicit version of Burgess' estimate for $|L(s, \chi)|$. We use partial summation to provide bounds along the vertical lines $\Re{s}…

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