On the SL(2) period integral

Let E/F be a quadratic extension of number fields. For a cuspidal representation $\pi$ of SL(2,A_E), we study the non-vanishing of the period integral on SL(2,F)\SL(2,A_F). We characterise the non-vanishing of the period integral of $\pi$ in terms of $\pi$ being generic with respect to characters of E\A_E which are trivial on A_F. We show that the period integral in general is not a product of local invariant functionals, and find a necessary and sufficient condition when it is. We exhibit cuspidal representations of SL(2,A_E) whose period integral vanishes identically while each local constituent admits an SL(2)-invariant linear functional. Finally, we construct an automorphic representation $\pi$ on SL(2,A_E) which is abstractly SL(2,A_F) distinguished but none of the elements in the global L-packet determined by $\pi$ is distinguished by SL(2,A_F)

Distinguished representations, base change, and reducibility for unitary groups

We show the equality of the local Asai L-functions defined via the Rankin-Selberg method and the Langlands-Shahidi method for a square integrable representation of GL(n,E). As a consequence we characterise reducibility of certain induced representations of U(n,n), and the image of the base change map from U(n) to GL(n,E) in terms of GL(n,F)-distinguishedness.Comment: 13 page

Toric periods for a pp-adic quaternion algebra

Let $G$ be a compact group with two given subgroups $H$ and $K$. Let $\pi$ be an irreducible representation of $G$ such that its space of $H$-invariant vectors as well as the space of $K$-invariant vectors are both one dimensional. Let $v_H$ (resp. $v_K$) denote an $H$-invariant (resp. $K$-invariant) vector of unit norm in a given $G$-invariant inner product $\langle ~,~ \rangle_\pi$ on $\pi$. We are interested in calculating the correlation coefficient $$c(\pi;H,K) = |\langle v_H,v_K \rangle_\pi|^2.$$ In this paper, we compute the correlation coefficient of an irreducible representation of the multiplicative group of the $p$-adic quaternion algebra with respect to any two tori. In particular, if $\pi$ is such an irreducible representation of odd minimal conductor with non-trivial invariant vectors for two tori $H$ and $K$, then its root number $\varepsilon(\pi)$ is $\pm 1$ and $c(\pi; H, K)$ is non-vanishing precisely when $\varepsilon(\pi) = 1$

Distinction inside L-packets of SL(n)

If $E/F$ is a quadratic extension $p$-adic fields, we first prove that the $\mathrm{SL}_n(F)$-distinguished representations inside a distinguished unitary L-packet of $\mathrm{SL}_n(E)$ are precisely those admitting a degenerate Whittaker model with respect to a degenerate character of $N(E)/N(F)$. Then we establish a global analogue of this result. For this, let $E/F$ be a quadratic extension of number fields and let $\pi$ be an $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_F)$-distinguished square integrable automorphic representation of $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_E)$. Let $(\sigma,d)$ be the unique pair associated to $\pi$, where $\sigma$ is a cuspidal representation of $\mathrm{GL}_r(\mathbb{A}_E)$ with $n=dr$. Using an unfolding argument, we prove that an element of the L-packet of $\pi$ is distinguished with respect to $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_F)$ if and only if it has a degenerate Whittaker model for a degenerate character $\psi$ of type $r^d:=(r,\dots,r)$ of $N_n(\mathbb{A}_E)$ which is trivial on $N_n(E+\mathbb{A}_F)$, where $N_n$ is the group of unipotent upper triangular matrices of $\mathrm{SL}_n$. As a first application, under the assumptions that $E/F$ splits at infinity and $r$ is odd, we establish a local-global principle for $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_F)$-distinction inside the L-packet of $\pi$. As a second application we construct examples of distinguished cuspidal automorphic representations $\pi$ of $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_E)$ such that the period integral vanishes on some canonical copy of $\pi$, and of everywhere locally distinguished representations of $\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{A}_E)$ such that their L-packets do not contain any distinguished representation.Comment: Merged with withdrawn arXiv:1906.11560. We simplified some arguments and removed an unnecessary Grunwald-Wang assumptio

Distinguished representations for SL(2)

Let E/F be a quadratic extension of p-adic fields. We compute the multiplicity of the space of SL2(F)-invariant linear forms on a representation of SL2(E). This multiplicity varies inside an L-packet similar in spirit to the multiplicity formula for automorphic representations due to Labesse and Langlands

A local global question in automorphic forms

In this paper, we consider the \SL(2) analogue of two well-known theorems about period integrals of automorphic forms on \GL(2): one due to Harder-Langlands-Rapoport, and the other due to Waldspurger.Comment: 28 page