Global Mixed Periods and local Klyachko models for the general linear group

We show that every irreducible representation in the discrete automorphic spectrum of GL(n) admits a non vanishing mixed (Whittaker-symplectic) period integral. The analog local problem is a study of models first considered by Klyachko over a finite field. Locally, we show that for a p-adic field F every irreducible, unitary representation of GL(n,F) has a Klyachko model.