International Mathematics Research Notices Advance Access originally published online on December 25, 2008
International Mathematics Research Notices (2009) 2009:141-191, doi:10.1093/imrn/rnn127 published on January 9, 2009
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Central L-Values and Toric Periods for GL(2)
1 Columbia University, Department of Mathematics, 2990 Broadway, Mailcode 4406, New York, NY 10027, USA
2 School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Correspondence: Correspondence to be sent to: kmartin{at}math.ou.edu
Let
be a cusp form on GL(2) over a number field F and let E be a quadratic extension of F. Denote by
E the base change of
to E and by
a unitary character of AxE/ Ex. We use the relative trace formula to give an explicit formula for L(1/2,
E
) in terms of period integrals of Gross–Prasad test vectors. We give an application of this formula to equidistribution of geodesics on a hyperbolic 3-fold.