## Algebra & Number Theory

### Remarks on modular symbols for Maass wave forms

Yuri I. Manin

#### Abstract

In this paper I introduce modular symbols for Maass wave cusp forms. They appear in the guise of finitely additive functions on the boolean algebra generated by intervals with nonpositive rational ends, with values in analytic functions (pseudomeasures in the sense of Manin and Marcolli). We explain the basic issues and draw an analogy with the $p$-adic case. We then construct the new modular symbols, followed by the related Lévy–Mellin transforms. This work builds on the fundamental study of Lewis and Zagier (2001).

#### Article information

Source
Algebra Number Theory, Volume 4, Number 8 (2010), 1091-1114.

Dates
Accepted: 1 October 2010
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ant/1513729611

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/ant.2010.4.1091

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2832636

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1229.11079

#### Citation

Manin, Yuri I. Remarks on modular symbols for Maass wave forms. Algebra Number Theory 4 (2010), no. 8, 1091--1114. doi:10.2140/ant.2010.4.1091. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ant/1513729611

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