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On the cusp forms for the congruence subgroups of SL 2(ℝ)

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Let N≥3 be an integer. In this paper we show the existence of infinitely many Maass forms for the principal congruence subgroup γ(N) coming from the unitary non-spherical principal series of SL 2(ℝ) using adelic methods on cuspidal compactly supported Poincaré series.

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Muić, G. On the cusp forms for the congruence subgroups of SL 2(ℝ). Ramanujan J 21, 223–239 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-009-9191-z

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