Spectral Decomposition and Eisenstein Series: A Paraphrase of the Scriptures (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521418935)

The decomposition of the space L2 (G(Q)\G(A)), where G is a reductive group defined over Q and A is the ring of adeles of Q, is a deep problem at the intersection of number and group theory. Langlands reduced this decomposition to that of the (smaller) spaces of cuspidal automorphic forms for certain subgroups of G. This book describes this proof in detail. The starting point is the theory of automorphic forms, which can also serve as a first step toward understanding the Arthur-Selberg trace formula. To make the book reasonably self-contained, the authors also provide essential background in subjects such as: automorphic forms; Eisenstein series; Eisenstein pseudo-series, and their properties. It is thus also an introduction, suitable for graduate students, to the theory of automorphic forms, the first written using contemporary terminology.

Author: Colette Moeglin,C. Moeglin
ISBN-10: 0521418933
ISBN-13: 9780521418935
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/1995
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.28w x 0.96d