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Special values of L-functions for orthogonal groups
Valeurs spéciales de fonctions L pour les groupes orthogonaux
Chandrasheel Bhagwat
1, A. Raghuram
IndianInstituteofScienceEducationandResearch,Dr.HomiBhabhaRoad,Pashan,Pune411008,India
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Articlehistory:
Received18July2016
Acceptedafterrevision18January2017 Availableonline6February2017 PresentedbytheEditorialBoard
This is an announcement of certain rationality results for the critical values of the degree-2n L-functionsattachedto GL1×SO(n,n) overQfor aneven positiveinteger n.
Theprooffollowsfromstudyingtherank-oneEisensteincohomologyforSO(n+1,n+1).
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Dans cette Note,nous présentonsdes résultatsde rationalité pour lesvaleurscritiques desfonctionsLdedegré2n,attachéesàGL1×SO(n,n)surQ,oùnestunentierpositif.La preuverésulted’uneétudedelacohomologied’Eisensteinderangun,pourSO(n+1,n+1).
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1. Introductionandstatementofthemainresult
Tomotivatethemainresult,letusrecallawell-knowntheoremofShimura[13].
Theorem1.1(Shimura).Letf=
anqn∈Sk
(
N, χ )
andg=bnqn∈Sl
(
N, ψ)
beprimitivemodularformsofweightsk andl,with nebentypuscharactersχ
andψ
for0
(
N)
.LetQ(
f,
g)
bethenumberfieldobtainedbyadjoiningtheFouriercoefficients{an}and {bn}toQ.Assumethatk>
l.LetDN
(
s,
f,
g) :=
LN(
2s+
2−
k−
l, χ ψ )
∞n=1
anbn ns
bethedegree4Rankin–SelbergL-functionattachedtothepair
(
f,
g)
.Then,foranyintegerm withl≤m<
k,wehave:DN
(
m,
f,
g) ≈ (
2π
i)
l+1−2mg(ψ )
u+(
f)
u−(
f),
E-mailaddresses:[email protected](C. Bhagwat),[email protected](A. Raghuram).
1 C.B.ispartiallysupportedbyDST-INSPIREFacultyscheme,awardnumber[IFA-11MA-05].
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crma.2017.01.016
1631-073X/©2017Académiedessciences.PublishedbyElsevierMassonSAS.Allrightsreserved.
where≈meansuptoanelementofQ
(
f,
g)
,u±(
f)
arethetwoperiodsattachedto f byShimura,andg(ψ)istheGausssumofψ
. Furthermore,theratiooftheL-valueinthelefthandsidebytherighthandsideisequivariantunderGal(Q/Q)
.Theintegersl≤m
<
kareallthecriticalpointsforDN(
s,
f,
g)
.(Therearenocriticalpoints ifl=k.)Supposek≥l+2, andwe lookattwo successivecritical valuesthenthe onlychange intheright-hand side is(
2πi)
−2 whichmaybe seen to be exactly accounted forby the-factors at infinity. Suppose L
(
s,
f×g)
denotes thecompleted degree-4 L-function attachedto(
f,
g)
,normalizedinaclassicalwayasinthetheoremabove,thenwededuce:L
(
l,
f×
g) ≈
L(
l+
1,
f×
g) ≈ · · · ≈
L(
k−
1,
f×
g).
(1.2) Theaboveresultisastatement forL-functionsforGL2×GL2 overQ.LaterShimurageneralizedthistoHilbertmodular forms[14],i.e.,forGL2×GL2 overatotallyrealfield F.Notethat(
GL2×GL2)/
GL1GSO(
2,
2)
,i.e.Shimura’sresultmay beconstruedasatheoremforL-functionsfororthogonalgroupsinfourvariables.Themainaimofthisarticleistoannouncethatweexpectthefollowinggeneralizationoftheresultin(1.2)to L-functionsfor GL1×SO
(
n,
n)
overatotallyrealfieldF ,andwhenn=2r≥2.Forsimplicityofexposition,wewillworkover F=Q.Theorem1.3.Letn=2r≥2beanevenpositiveinteger.ConsiderSO
(
n,
n)/
Qdefinedsothatthesubgroupofallupper-triangular matricesisaBorelsubgroup.Letμ
beadominantintegralweightwrittenasμ
=( μ
1≥μ
2≥ · · · ≥μ
n−1≥ |μ
n|),withμ
j∈Z.Letσ
beacuspidalautomorphicrepresentationofSO(
n,
n)/
Q.Assumethat:(1)theArthurparameter
σiscuspidalonGL2n
/Q
; (2)σ
isgloballygeneric;(3)
σ
∞|SO(n,n)(R)0isadiscreteseriesrepresentationwithHarish–Chandraparameterμ
+ρ
n.Let◦
χ
beafiniteordercharacterofQ×\A×.Thenthecriticalsetforthedegree-2n completedL-functionL(
s,
◦χ
×σ )
isthefiniteset ofcontiguousintegers{
1− | μ
n|,
2− | μ
n|, . . . , | μ
n|}.
Assumealsothat|
μ
n|≥1,sothatthecriticalsetisnonempty;andinthiscasethereareatleasttwocriticalpoints.WehaveL
(
1− | μ
n|,
◦χ × σ ) ≈
L(
2− | μ
n|,
◦χ × σ ) ≈ · · · ≈
L(| μ
n|,
◦χ × σ ),
where ≈ meansuptoanelementofa numberfield Q
(
◦χ , σ )
,andfurthermore,allthesuccessiveratiosareequivariantunder Gal(Q/Q)
.2. Thecombinatoriallemmaandarestatementofthemaintheorem
The strategyofproof followstheparadigm inHarder–Raghuram[7,8].Inoursituation,thisinvolvesstudyingtherank- one EisensteincohomologyofG=SO
(
n+1,
n+1)
,especiallythecontributioncoming froma parabolicsubgroup P with LeviquotientMP=GL1×SO(
n,
n)
.Asinloc.cit.,certainWeylgroupcombinatoricsplayanimportantrole—essentiallysaying thataparticularcontextinvolvingthecohomologyofarithmeticgroupsisviableexactlywhentheinterveningL-valuesare critical.Lemma2.1.Let
μ
=( μ
1≥μ
2≥ · · · ≥μ
n−1≥ |μ
n|)beadominantintegralweight,andσ
beacuspidalautomorphicrepresentation forSO(
n,
n)/Q
asinTheorem 1.3.Letd∈Zandputχ
= ||−d⊗◦χ
where◦χ
isafinite-ordercharacter.LetG=SO(
n+1,
n+1)
andP themaximalparabolicsubgroupobtainedbydeletingthe‘first’simpleroot,inwhichcasetheLevidecompositionP=MPNP lookslike:MP=GL1×SO(
n,
n)
anddim(
NP)
=2n.Thefollowingareequivalent:(1) −n and1−n arecriticalforthecompleteddegree-2n L-functionL
(
s, χ
×σ )
; (2) 1− |μ
n|≤ n+d ≤ |μ
n|−1;(3)thereisauniquew∈WP(hereWPisthesetofKostantrepresentativesforP ;wehaveWG=WMPWP)suchthatw−1·(d×
μ )
isdominantforG andl(
w)
=dim(
NP)/
2.Asdrunsthroughtherangeprescribedby(2),theratioofcriticalvalues L
( −
n, χ × σ )
L
(
1−
n, χ × σ )
(wherethecriticalityisassuredby(1))runsthroughthesetofallsuccessiveratiosofcriticalvalues
L(
1− | μ
n|,
◦χ × σ )
L
(
2− | μ
n| ,
◦χ × σ ) , . . . ,
L(| μ
n| −
1,
◦χ × σ )
L( | μ
n| ,
◦χ × σ )
.
This saysthat when the method ofEisenstein cohomologyis invokedfor rationality results,then we get a resultfor ratiosofallpossiblesuccessivecriticalvalues,nomoreandnoless!TowardsTheorem 1.3,weprovethefollowingtheorem.
Theorem2.2.Letthenotationson
χ
andσ
beasinthelemmaabove,andassumethattheconditionsond aresatisfied.Thenthe quantityc∞
( χ
∞, σ
∞)
Lf(−
n, χ × σ )
Lf(
1−
n, χ × σ )
isalgebraicandisGal
(
Q/
Q)
-equivariant.(Herec∞( χ
∞, σ
∞)
isanonzerocomplexnumberthatdependsonlyonthedataatinfinity, andLfisthefinitepartoftheL-function.PleaserefertoSection4formoredetails.)3. Commentsontheconsequencesofvarioushypothesesofthemaintheorem 3.1. Adiscreteseriesrepresentationasthelocalrepresentationatinfinity
Thisis thesimplestkindofrepresentationwithnontrivialrelative Liealgebra cohomology;infact, ithasnonzero co- homology onlyin the middledegree.Furthermore, thisimpliesthat the finitepart
σ
f contributesto thecohomology of a locally symmetric space of SO(
n,
n)
with coefficients in the local system attachedtoμ
. Using arguments asin Gan–Raghuram[5],we show that
σ
f isdefinedover a numberfield Q( σ )
andthat thereis aGal(
Q¯/
Q)
-actionon theset of cuspidalrepresentationsthatsatisfiesthehypotheses(1),(2)and(3).Intheproof,weneedtouseArthur’swork[1].Inthe statementofthetheoremabove,Q(
◦χ , σ )
isthefieldgeneratedbythevaluesof◦χ
andQ( σ )
.3.2. Thetransfer
σiscuspidalonGL2n
/Q
Thisisneededfortworeasons.(1)We donotwantthe L-function L
(
s,
◦χ
×σ )
to breakupintosmaller L-functions;although,evenifitdid,withaninductiveargument,atleastinthecasewhen
σ istempered,wewouldverylikelystill havethemaintheorem.(2) Thesecondreasonisfarmoreseriousandverydelicate.Weneedtoprovea‘Manin–Drinfeld’
principle:thatthereisaHecke-projectionfromthetotalboundarycohomology(oftheBorel–Serreboundary)totheisotypic componentoftherepresentationofGinducedfrom
χ
⊗σ
ofMP.SeeSection4below.Forthistowork,wehavetoexclude thepossibilityofσ
being,forexample,aCAPrepresentation(whichalsogetsguaranteedbythenexthypothesis).3.3.
σ
isgloballygenericThis hypothesis plays several roles: itis used in proving the existence of the Galoisaction mentioned in Section 3.1 above.Shahidi’sresults[12]onlocalconstants(seeSection4below)needgenericityoftherepresentationatinfinity.
3.4. CompatibilitywithDeligne’sconjecture
TheabovetheoremiscompatiblewithDeligne’sconjecture[4]onthecriticalvaluesofmotivic L-function,becausewe havethefollowingperiodrelation:LetM beapureregularmotiveofrank-2n overQwithcoefficientsinanumberfield E.Suppose M isoforthogonaltype(i.e.thereisamapSym2
(
M)
→Q(
−w)
wherewisthepurityweightofM),thenDeligne’speriodsc±(
M)
are relatedas:c+
(
M) =
c−(
M),
as elements of(
E⊗ C )
×/
E×.
ThiswasknownifM isatensorproductoftworank-twomotives;seeBlasius[3,2.3].
3.5. Langlandstransferandspecialvalues
ItisimportanttoprovethistheorematthelevelofL-functionsforGL1×SO
(
n,
n)
,andnotasL-functionsforGL1×GL2n aftertransferring. Wewouldseethissubtlepoint alreadyinthecontext ofShimura’stheorem,because (i)the Langlands transfer fg,whichisa cuspidalrepresentationofGL4 doesnot seethePeterssonnormf,
fofonlyone ofthecon- stituents;and(ii)foranL-functionL(
s,
π)
withπcuspidalonGL4/
Q,successiveL-valueswouldseec+(
π)
andc−(
π)
,and intheautomorphicworld,itisnot(yet)knownthatifπcameviatransferfromGL2×GL2 thenc+(
π)
≈c−(
π)
.Inasimilar vein,onemayaskifthemainresultof[8]appliedtoGL1×GL2n impliesthemainresultofthispaper;thiswouldbesoif wecouldprovethattherelativeperiods,denoted ε therein,fortherepresentationσ ofGL2n aretrivial—atthismoment, wehavenoideahowonemightprovesuchaperiodrelation—henceourinsistenceonworkingintrinsicallyinthecontext oforthogonalgroups.
3.6. Furthergeneralizations
AllthisshouldworkforL-functionsforGL1×GSpin
(
2n)
overatotallyrealfield F.Wesayshouldbecauseofthehypoth- esis“the Arthurparameterσ beingcuspidal.”We mayappealtothe workofAsgari–Shahidi [2]andHundley–Sayag[9]
since weonlywantthecaseofgenerictransferfromGSpin
(
2n)
toGL2n.However, aswe seebelow,thishypothesisisalso neededfortheManin–Drinfeldprincipleforboundarycohomology,andforthiswewillneedArthur’swork[1].IfinsteadofGSpin
(
2n)
,weconsidergeneralizingtoGSO(
n,
n)
(orGO(
n,
n)
),thenwecannothopetogetanynewresult, sincethestandarddegree-2n L-functionL(
s, σ )
foracuspidalrepresentationσ
ofthegroupGSO(
n,
n)
(orGO(
n,
n)
)issame asthestandardL-functionforanyirreducibleconstituentoftherestrictionofσ
toSO(
n,
n)
.4. AnadumbrationoftheproofofTheorem 2.2
Thebasicidea,following[7]and[8],istogiveacohomologicalinterpretationtotheconstanttermtheoremofLanglands, by studyingthe rank-one EisensteincohomologyofSO
(
n+1,
n+1)
.Letthe notationsbe asinthecombinatoriallemma above.A consequenceofthislemmaisthattherepresentationalgebraically(un-normalized)andparabolicallyinducedfromχ
f⊗σ
f appearsinboundarycohomology:aIndGP((AAf)
f)
( χ
f⊗ σ
f)
Kf→
Hq0(∂
PSKGf,
Mλ,E),
where q0=middle-dimension-of-symmetric-space-of-MP+dim
(
NP)/
2;λ
=w−1·(
d+μ )
; Kf is a deep-enough open- compactsubgroupofG(
Af)
;∂
P denotesthepartcorrespondingto P oftheBorel–Serreboundaryofthelocallysymmetric spaceSKGf forG withlevelstructure Kf; Mλ,E isthe sheafcorrespondingtothefinite-dimensionalrepresentationMλ,E of thealgebraic group G×E.(Thereader isreferred to [7,Sect. 1] fora quickprimer on thesecohomologygroupsand forthefundamentallong exactsequencethatcomesout oftheBorel–Serrecompactification.) Thefield E istakentobe a large enoughGaloisextension ofQ; forexample, E couldcontain Q( χ , σ )
.Torelateto thetheoryofautomorphicforms, we can passto Cvia an embeddingι
:E→C.The induced representationsandthe cohomologygroupsare allmodules foraHecke-algebraHGKf,andinwhatfollowsbelow,werestrictourattentiontoacommutativesub-algebraHSG ignoringa finitesetSofallramifiedplaces.Next,oneobservesthatthestandardintertwiningoperatorTst,atthepointofevaluation s= −ngoesas:Tst
:
aIndGP((AAff))( χ
f⊗ σ
f) −→
aIndGP((AAff))( χ
−f1(
2n) ⊗
κσ
f),
where
(
2n)
denotesa Tate-twist,andκ
is anelement ofO(
n,
n)
butoutside SO(
n,
n)
.Certaincombinatorial detailsabout Kostantrepresentatives allow usto observethatthe inducedrepresentationinthe targetalso appearsinboundarycoho- mologyas:aIndGP((AAf)
f)
( χ
−f1(
2n) ⊗
κσ
f)
Kf→
Hq0(∂
PSKGf,
Mλ,E),
forthesamedegreeq0andthesameweight
λ
.LetISP
( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf:=
aIndGP(A(Aff))( χ
f⊗ σ
f)
Kf⊕
aIndGP(A(Aff))( χ
−f1(
2n) ⊗
κσ
f)
Kf.
TheManin–DrinfeldprincipleamountstoshowingthatwegetaHSG-equivariantprojectionfromboundarycohomologyonto ISP
( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf,andthetargetisisotypic,i.e.itdoesnotweakly intertwinewiththequotientofthe boundarycohomology by ISP( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf.Denotethisprojectionas:R :
Hq0(∂
SGKf,
Mλ,E) −→
ISP( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf.
If we denote the restriction map from global cohomology to the boundary cohomology as r∗: Hq0
(
SGKf,
Mλ,E)
→ Hq0(∂
SGKf,
Mλ,E)
,thenthemaintechnicalresultonEisensteincohomologyinvolvestheimageofthecompositionR◦r∗:Hq0
(
SGKf,
Mλ,E) −→
r∗ Hq0(∂
SKGf,
Mλ,E) −→
R ISP( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf.
For simplicityof explanation, let uspretend (and thiscould very well happen in some cases) that ISP
( χ
f, σ
f)
Kf is a two-dimensional E-vector space. Ourmain result on Eisensteincohomology will then say that the image of R◦r∗ is a one-dimensional subspace of this two-dimensional ambient space. We then look atthe slope of this line. Passing to a transcendentallevelviaanι
:E→C,andusingtheconstanttermtheorem,oneprovesthattheslopeisinfactc∞
( χ
∞, σ
∞)
Lf(−
n, χ × σ )
Lf(
1−
n, χ × σ ) ,
where c∞
( χ
∞, σ
∞)
isa nonzero complex numberdepending only onthe data atinfinity, and Lf(
s, χ
×σ )
is the finite partoftheL-function.Thisprovesthattheabovequantityliesinι (
E)
.Studyingthebehaviorofthecohomologygroupson varying E thenprovesGaloisequivariance.Alongtheway,weneedtoaddresscertainlocalproblems.Atthefiniteramifiedplaces,weprovethatthelocalnormal- izedintertwiningoperatorisnonzeroandpreservesrationalityusingtheresultsofKim[10],Mœglin–Waldspurger[11]and Waldspurger[16].AttheArchimedeanplace,yetanotherconsequenceofthecombinatoriallemmaisthattherepresentation
aIndGP(R)(R)
( χ
∞⊗ σ
∞)
isirreducible;thisfollowsfromtheresultsofSpeh–Vogan[15].UsingShahidi’sresults[12]onlocalfactors,wethendeduce that the standard intertwining operator is an isomorphism and induces a nonzero isomorphism in relative Lie algebra cohomology.Butthesecohomologygroupsatinfinity areone-dimensional,andafterfixing baseson eithersidewe geta nonzeronumberc∞
( χ
∞, σ
∞)
.We expectthat acarefulanalysis, asinHarder [6],oftherationality propertiesofrelative Liealgebracohomologygroups,shouldgiveusthatc∞( χ
∞, σ
∞)
isthesameasL(
−n, χ
∞×σ
∞)/
L(
1−n, χ
∞×σ
∞)
upto anonzerorationalnumber,justifyingourclaimaboutarationalityresultforcompletedL-valuesasinTheorem 1.3.Acknowledgements
Itisourgreatpleasuretothanktherefereeforveryinsightfulandimportantcommentsandsuggestions.
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