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In this paper, we study top Fourier coefficients of certain automorphic representations of $mathrm{GL}_n(mathbb{A})$. In particular, we prove a conjecture of Jiang on top Fourier coefficients of isobaric automorphic representations of $mathrm{GL}_n(mathbb{A})$ of form $$ Delta(tau_1, b_1) boxplus Delta(tau_2, b_2) boxplus cdots boxplus Delta(tau_r, b_r),, $$ where $Delta(tau_i,b_i)$s are Speh representations in the discrete spectrum of $mathrm{GL}_{a_ib_i}(mathbb{A})$ with $tau_i$s being unitary cuspidal representations of $mathrm{GL}_{a_i}(mathbb{A})$, and $n = sum_{i=1}^r a_ib_i$. Endoscopic lifting images of the discrete spectrum of classical groups form a special class of such representations. The result of this paper will facilitate the study of automorphic forms of classical groups occurring in the discrete spectrum.
We study the question of Eulerianity (factorizability) for Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms, and we prove a general transfer theorem that allows one to deduce the Eulerianity of certain coefficients from that of another coefficient. We also establish a `hidden invariance property of Fourier coefficients. We apply these results to minimal and next-to-minimal automorphic representations, and deduce Eulerianity for a large class of Fourier and Fourier-Jacobi coefficients. In particular, we prove Eulerianity for parabolic Fourier coefficients with characters of maximal rank for a class of Eisenstein series in minimal and next-to-minimal representations of groups of ADE-type that are of interest in string theory.
In this paper we analyze Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms on a finite cover $G$ of an adelic split simply-laced group. Let $pi$ be a minimal or next-to-minimal automorphic representation of $G$. We prove that any $etain pi$ is completely determined by its Whittaker coefficients with respect to (possibly degenerate) characters of the unipotent radical of a fixed Borel subgroup, analogously to the Piatetski-Shapiro--Shalika formula for cusp forms on $GL_n$. We also derive explicit formulas expressing the form, as well as all its maximal parabolic Fourier coefficient in terms of these Whittaker coefficients. A consequence of our results is the non-existence of cusp forms in the minimal and next-to-minimal automorphic spectrum. We provide detailed examples for $G$ of type $D_5$ and $E_8$ with a view towards applications to scattering amplitudes in string theory.
We consider a general class of Fourier coefficients for an automorphic form on a finite cover of a reductive adelic group ${bf G}(mathbb{A}_{mathbb{K}})$, associated to the data of a `Whittaker pair. We describe a quasi-order on Fourier coefficients, and an algorithm that gives an explicit formula for any coefficient in terms of integrals and sums involving higher coefficients. The maximal elements for the quasi-order are `Levi-distinguished Fourier coefficients, which correspond to taking the constant term along the unipotent radical of a parabolic subgroup, and then further taking a Fourier coefficient with respect to a $mathbb{K}$-distinguished nilpotent orbit in the Levi quotient. Thus one can express any Fourier coefficient, including the form itself, in terms of higher Levi-distinguished coefficients. In follow-up papers we use this result to determine explicit Fourier expansions of minimal and next-to-minimal automorphic forms on split simply-laced reductive groups, and to obtain Euler product decompositions of their top Fourier coefficients.
Let $G$ be a group and $H$ be a subgroup of $G$. The classical branching rule (or symmetry breaking) asks: For an irreducible representation $pi$ of $G$, determine the occurrence of an irreducible representation $sigma$ of $H$ in the restriction of $pi$ to $H$. The reciprocal branching problem of this classical branching problem is to ask: For an irreducible representation $sigma$ of $H$, find an irreducible representation $pi$ of $G$ such that $sigma$ occurs in the restriction of $pi$ to $H$. For automorphic representations of classical groups, the branching problem has been addressed by the well-known global Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture. In this paper, we investigate the reciprocal branching problem for automorphic representations of special orthogonal groups using the twisted automorphic descent method as developed in [JZ15]. The method may be applied to other classical groups as well.
We show that Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms attached to minimal or next-to-minimal automorphic representations of ${mathrm{SL}}_n(mathbb{A})$ are completely determined by certain highly degenerate Whittaker coefficients. We give an explicit formula for the Fourier expansion, analogously to the Piatetski-Shapiro-Shalika formula. In addition, we derive expressions for Fourier coefficients associated to all maximal parabolic subgroups. These results have potential applications for scattering amplitudes in string theory.