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Betti-Whittaker periods of the contragredient representations for $\textrm{GL}(n)$

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Pith's one-line read Betti-Whittaker periods defined for broad class of cohomological automorphic representations of GL(n) satisfy a relation with those of the contragredient.

desk verdict This extends Chen's Betti-Whittaker period relation from cuspidal representations to a wider set of cohomological automorphic representations on GL(n). read the letter →

arxiv 2606.23171 v2 pith:SJIBCR5Z submitted 2026-06-22 math.RT math.NT

Yubo Jin , Dongwen Liu , Binyong Sun This is my paper · ORCID
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The authors define Betti-Whittaker periods for a wide range of cohomological automorphic representations on GL(n). They prove that these periods for a given representation are related to the periods for its contragredient. The work extends an earlier result that covered only certain cuspidal cases. Readers interested in automorphic forms would care because the periods often carry information about special values of L-functions or arithmetic invariants.

What carries the argument

Betti-Whittaker periods, defined via cohomology classes and Whittaker models attached to the automorphic representations.

What would settle it

An explicit calculation of the periods for one non-cuspidal cohomological representation on GL(n) where the stated relation between the representation and its contragredient fails.

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Core claim

We define Betti-Whittaker periods for a broad class of cohomological automorphic representations and establish a relation between the periods associated with these representations and their contragredients. This extends a result of Shih-Yu Chen for certain cuspidal automorphic representations.

Load-bearing premise

The representations belong to a broad class of cohomological automorphic representations of GL(n) for which the Betti-Whittaker periods are well-defined.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • The periods extend from cuspidal to a larger collection of cohomological representations.
  • The relation between a representation and its contragredient holds in this larger collection.
  • The earlier result for cuspidal representations is recovered as a special case.

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  • The relation may allow period computations to pass from a representation to its contragredient without separate calculation.
  • Such relations could be tested numerically on low-rank groups where explicit cohomology classes are known.
  • The approach may adapt to other classical groups if similar cohomology and Whittaker data exist.
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Summary. The paper defines Betti-Whittaker periods for a broad class of cohomological automorphic representations of GL(n) and establishes a relation between the periods associated with these representations and their contragredients. This extends a result of Shih-Yu Chen for certain cuspidal automorphic representations.

Significance. If the definitions are rigorously constructed and the relation is proved, the work would extend period theory beyond the cuspidal case to a wider class of cohomological representations, potentially facilitating comparisons of arithmetic invariants such as L-values or regulators in the Langlands correspondence for GL(n).

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  1. The abstract refers to a 'broad class' of representations without specifying the precise conditions (e.g., level, weight, or cohomology degree) that make the Betti-Whittaker periods well-defined; this should be stated explicitly in the introduction or §1.
  2. The extension of Chen's cuspidal result is mentioned but the precise manner in which the new definitions reduce to or generalize the earlier ones is not indicated in the abstract; a short comparison paragraph would improve clarity.

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We thank the referee for their summary of the manuscript and for noting its potential significance in extending period relations beyond the cuspidal case. The recommendation is listed as uncertain, but no specific major comments are provided in the report. We therefore offer no point-by-point responses and stand ready to address any concrete questions about the rigor of the definitions or the proof of the relation to contragredients.

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No significant circularity; definition and relation are self-contained

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The paper introduces a definition of Betti-Whittaker periods on a stated broad class of cohomological automorphic representations of GL(n) and proves a relation between the periods on a representation and on its contragredient, extending Chen's cuspidal case. No load-bearing step reduces by the paper's own equations or self-citation chain to a tautological input; the central claims rest on the new definition plus an independent proof of the relation rather than on renaming, fitting, or importing uniqueness from the authors' prior work. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

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We define Betti-Whittaker periods for a broad class of cohomological automorphic representations and establish a relation between the periods associated with these representations and their contragredients. This extends a result of Shih-Yu Chen for certain cuspidal automorphic representations.

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