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Mathematics of Computation
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Deformations of Maass forms

Author(s): D. W. Farmer; S. Lemurell.
Journal: Math. Comp. 74 (2005), 1967-1982.
MSC (2000): Primary 11F03; Secondary 11F30
Posted: April 15, 2005
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Abstract: We describe numerical calculations which examine the Phillips-Sarnak conjecture concerning the disappearance of cusp forms on a noncompact finite volume Riemann surface $S$ under deformation of the surface. Our calculations indicate that if the Teichmüller space of $S$ is not trivial, then each cusp form has a set of deformations under which either the cusp form remains a cusp form or else it dissolves into a resonance whose constant term is uniformly a factor of $10^{8}$ smaller than a typical Fourier coefficient of the form. We give explicit examples of those deformations in several cases.


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Additional Information:

D. W. Farmer
Affiliation: American Institute of Mathematics, 360 Portage Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94307
Email: farmer@aimath.org

S. Lemurell
Affiliation: Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
Email: sj@math.chalmers.se

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-05-01746-1
PII: S 0025-5718(05)01746-1
Keywords: Maass forms, deformations, Phillips-Sarnak conjecture, Teichmuller space
Received by editor(s): February 19, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 30, 2004
Posted: April 15, 2005
Additional Notes: Research of the first author was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the American Institute of Mathematics.
Research of the second author was supported in part by ``Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning'' (STINT)
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society
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