Schr?dinger: Life and Thought

Intermediateinlevelbetweenanadvancedtextbookandamonograph,thisbookcoversboththeclassicalandrepresentationtheoreticviewsofautomorphicformsinastylewhichisaccessibletograduatestudentsenteringthefield.Thetreatmentisbasedoncompleteproofs,whichrevealtheuniquenessprinciplesunderlyingthebasicconstructions.ThebookfeaturesextensivefoundationalmaterialontherepresentationtheoryofGL(1)andGL(2)overlocalfields,thetheoryofautomorphicrepresentations,L-functionsandadvancedtopicssuchastheLanglandsconjectures,theWeilrepresentation,theRankin–SelbergmethodandthetripleL-function,examiningthissubjectmatterfrommanydifferentandcomplementaryviewpoints.Researchersaswellasstudentswillfindthisavaluableguidetoanotoriouslydifficultsubject.