Sub-Weyl subconvexity for Dirichlet L-functions to prime power moduli

We prove a subconvexity bound for the central value L(1/2, chi) of a Dirichlet L-function of a character chi to a prime power modulus q=p^n of the form L(1/2, chi)\ll p^r * q^(theta+epsilon) with a fixed r and theta\approx 0.1645 < 1/6, breaking the long-standing Weyl exponent barrier. In fact, we develop a general new theory of estimation of short exponential sums involving p-adically analytic phases, which can be naturally seen as a p-adic analogue of the method of exponent pairs. This new method is presented in a ready-to-use form and applies to a wide class of well-behaved phases including many that arise from a stationary phase analysis of hyper-Kloosterman and other complete exponential sums.Comment: 54 pages, submitted, 201

The second moment of twisted modular L-functions

We prove an asymptotic formula with a power saving error term for the (pure or mixed) second moment of central values of L-functions of any two (possibly equal) fixed cusp forms f, g twisted by all primitive characters modulo q, valid for all sufficiently factorable q including 99.9% of all admissible moduli. The two key ingredients are a careful spectral analysis of a potentially highly unbalanced shifted convolution problem in Hecke eigenvalues and power-saving bounds for sums of products of Kloosterman sums where the length of the sum is below the square-root threshold of the modulus. Applications are given to simultaneous non-vanishing and lower bounds on higher moments of twisted L-functions.Comment: 64 page

Bounds for eigenforms on arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds

On a family of arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds of squarefree level, we prove an upper bound for the sup-norm of Hecke-Maass cusp forms, with a power saving over the local geometric bound simultaneously in the Laplacian eigenvalue and the volume. By a novel combination of diophantine and geometric arguments in a noncommutative setting, we obtain bounds as strong as the best corresponding results on arithmetic surfaces.Comment: 22 pages, LaTeX2e, to appear in Duke Mathematical Journa

Counting cusp forms by analytic conductor

The universal family is the set of cuspidal automorphic representations of bounded analytic conductor on ${\rm GL}_n$ over a number field. We prove an asymptotic for the universal family, under a spherical assumption at the archimedean places when $n\geqslant 3$. We interpret the leading term constant geometrically and conjecturally determine the underlying Sato--Tate measure. Our methods naturally provide uniform Weyl laws with explicit level savings and strong quantitative bounds on the non-tempered discrete spectrum for ${\rm GL}_n$.Comment: 84 pages, 4 figures, several minor errors correcte

Kloosterman sums in residue classes

We prove upper bounds for sums of Kloosterman sums against general arithmetic weight functions. In particular, we obtain power cancellation in sums of Kloosterman sums over arithmetic progressions, which is of square-root strength in any fixed primitive congruence class up to bounds towards the Ramanujan conjecture.Comment: 14 pages, to appear in the Journal of the European Mathematical Societ

Ambient prime geodesic theorems on hyperbolic 3-manifolds

We prove prime geodesic theorems counting primitive closed geodesics on a compact hyperbolic 3-manifold with length and holonomy in prescribed intervals, which are allowed to shrink. Our results imply effective equidistribution of holonomy and have both the rate of shrinking and the strength of the error term fully symmetric in length and holonomy.Comment: Added several references and a section numbe

Ambient Prime Geodesic Theorems on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds

We prove prime geodesic theorems counting primitive closed geodesics on a compact hyperbolic 3-manifold with length and holonomy in prescribed intervals, which are allowed to shrink. Our results imply effective equidistribution of holonomy and have both the rate of shrinking and the strength of the error term fully symmetric in length and holonomy