On Eisenstein Series and the Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups
| JOINT IAS/PU NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR | |
| Topic: | On Eisenstein Series and the Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups |
| Speaker: | Joachim Schwermer |
| Affiliation: | University of Vienna, ESI |
| Date: | Thursday, February 25 |
| Time/Room: | 4:30pm - 5:30pm/S-101 |
The automorphic cohomology of a reductive $\mathbb{Q}$-group $G$, defined in terms of the automorphic spectrum of $G$, captures essential analytic aspects of the arithmetic subgroups of $G$ and their cohomology. We discuss the actual construction of cohomology classes represented by residues or principal values of derivatives of Eisenstein series. We show that non-trivial Eisenstein cohomology classes can only arise if the point of evaluation features a 'half-integral' property. This rises questions concerning the analytic behavior of certain automorphic L-functions at half-integral arguments.