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Eisenstein series for SL(2)

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This paper gives explicit formulas for the Fourier expansion of general Eisenstein series and local Whittaker functions over SL2. They are used to compute both the value and derivatives of these functions at critical points.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S2E4, Canada

    Stephen S. Kudla

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Van Vleck Hall, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    TongHai Yang

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Dedicated to Professor Wang Yuan on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday

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Kudla, S.S., Yang, T. Eisenstein series for SL(2). Sci. China Math. 53, 2275–2316 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-010-4097-1

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