Arthur trace formula
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The Arthur trace formula is a far-reaching generalization of the Selberg trace formula that provides a powerful analytic tool for studying automorphic representations and establishing instances of the Langlands program.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur trace formula canonical | 2 |
| Arthur–Selberg trace formula | 1 |
| global trace formula | 1 |
| the Arthur trace formula | 1 |
| trace formula | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur trace formula Context triple: [Selberg trace formula, inspired, Arthur trace formula]
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Selberg trace formula
The Selberg trace formula is a fundamental result in analytic number theory and spectral theory that relates lengths of closed geodesics on a Riemannian manifold to the spectrum of its Laplace operator, serving as a non-abelian analogue of the Poisson summation formula.
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Gutzwiller trace formula
The Gutzwiller trace formula is a semiclassical tool in quantum chaos that links the quantum energy spectrum of a system to the properties of its classical periodic orbits.
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Hecke operators
Hecke operators are algebraic operators acting on modular forms that play a central role in number theory, particularly in understanding congruences, L-functions, and the arithmetic of modular forms.
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Sato–Tate distribution (for families of elliptic curves)
The Sato–Tate distribution (for families of elliptic curves) is a probabilistic law describing how the normalized Frobenius traces (or equivalently, the angles in the Hasse bound) of elliptic curves are distributed, typically following a specific sine-squared measure on the interval [0, π].
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Euler products for automorphic L-functions
Euler products for automorphic L-functions are infinite product expansions attached to automorphic representations that encode deep arithmetic information and generalize the classical Euler product of the Riemann zeta function to a broad class of L-functions in the Langlands program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur trace formula Target entity description: The Arthur trace formula is a far-reaching generalization of the Selberg trace formula that provides a powerful analytic tool for studying automorphic representations and establishing instances of the Langlands program.
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A.
Selberg trace formula
The Selberg trace formula is a fundamental result in analytic number theory and spectral theory that relates lengths of closed geodesics on a Riemannian manifold to the spectrum of its Laplace operator, serving as a non-abelian analogue of the Poisson summation formula.
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B.
Gutzwiller trace formula
The Gutzwiller trace formula is a semiclassical tool in quantum chaos that links the quantum energy spectrum of a system to the properties of its classical periodic orbits.
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C.
Hecke operators
Hecke operators are algebraic operators acting on modular forms that play a central role in number theory, particularly in understanding congruences, L-functions, and the arithmetic of modular forms.
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D.
Sato–Tate distribution (for families of elliptic curves)
The Sato–Tate distribution (for families of elliptic curves) is a probabilistic law describing how the normalized Frobenius traces (or equivalently, the angles in the Hasse bound) of elliptic curves are distributed, typically following a specific sine-squared measure on the interval [0, π].
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E.
Euler products for automorphic L-functions
Euler products for automorphic L-functions are infinite product expansions attached to automorphic representations that encode deep arithmetic information and generalize the classical Euler product of the Riemann zeta function to a broad class of L-functions in the Langlands program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
analytic tool in number theory
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generalization of the Selberg trace formula ⓘ trace formula ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
automorphic representations
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reductive groups over global fields ⓘ |
| context |
adelic groups
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reductive algebraic groups over number fields ⓘ |
| developedBy | James Arthur ⓘ |
| field |
Langlands program
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automorphic forms ⓘ harmonic analysis on reductive groups ⓘ number theory ⓘ representation theory ⓘ |
| generalizes | Selberg trace formula ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
geometric side
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spectral side ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
global trace formula
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linked to:
Arthur trace formula
local trace formula ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
comparison of automorphic spectra for different groups
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stabilization for use in endoscopic classification ⓘ |
| involves |
Arthur parameters
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Eisenstein series ⓘ Levi subgroups ⓘ characters of automorphic representations ⓘ continuous spectrum ⓘ discrete spectrum ⓘ endoscopy ⓘ intertwining operators ⓘ orbital integrals ⓘ parabolic subgroups ⓘ stabilization ⓘ truncation operators ⓘ weighted orbital integrals ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Arthur ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Arthur–Selberg trace formula
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linked to:
Arthur trace formula
Langlands functoriality ⓘ
linked to:
Langlands program
automorphic L-functions ⓘ endoscopic transfer ⓘ stable trace formula ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classification of automorphic representations
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comparison of trace formulas ⓘ establishing instances of functoriality ⓘ establishing instances of the Langlands correspondence ⓘ spectral decomposition of automorphic forms ⓘ stabilization of trace formulas ⓘ studying automorphic representations ⓘ |
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