This volume contains a valuable collection of articles presented at a conference on Automorphic Forms and Zeta Functions in memory of Tsuneo Arakawa, an eminent researcher in modular forms in several variables and zeta functions. The book begins with a review of his works, followed by 16 articles by experts in the fields including H Aoki, R Berndt, K Hashimoto, S Hayashida, Y Hironaka, H Katsurada, W Kohnen, A Krieg, A Murase, H Narita, T Oda, B Roberts, R Schmidt, R Schulze-Pillot, N Skoruppa, T Sugano, and D Zagier. A variety of topics in the theory of modular forms and zeta functions are covered: Theta series and the basis problems, Jacobi forms, automorphic forms on Sp(1, q), double zeta functions, special values of zeta and L-functions, many of which are closely related to Arakawa's works.This collection of papers illustrates Arakawa's contributions and the current trends in modular forms in several variables and related zeta functions.

This volume contains a valuable collection of articles presented at a conference on Automorphic Forms and Zeta Functions in memory of Tsuneo Arakawa, an eminent researcher in modular forms in several variables and zeta functions. The book begins with a review of his works, followed by 16 articles by experts in the fields including H Aoki, R Berndt, K Hashimoto, S Hayashida, Y Hironaka, H Katsurada, W Kohnen, A Krieg, A Murase, H Narita, T Oda, B Roberts, R Schmidt, R Schulze-Pillot, N Skoruppa, T Sugano, and D Zagier. A variety of topics in the theory of modular forms and zeta functions are covered: Theta series and the basis problems, Jacobi forms, automorphic forms on Sp(1, q), double zeta functions, special values of zeta and L-functions, many of which are closely related to Arakawa's works. This collection of papers illustrates Arakawa's contributions and the current trends in modular forms in several variables and related zeta functions. Contents: Tsuneo Arakawa and His Works; Estimate of the Dimensions of Hilbert Modular Forms by Means of Differential Operator (H Aoki); Marsden-Weinstein Reduction, Orbits and Representations of the Jacobi Group (R Berndt); On Eisenstein Series of Degree Two for Squarefree Levels and the Genus Version of the Basis Problem I (S Bocherer); Double Zeta Values and Modular Forms (H Gangl et al.); Type Numbers and Linear Relations of Theta Series for Some General Orders of Quaternion Algebras (K Hashimoto); Skewholomorphic Jacobi Forms of Higher Degree (S Hayashida); A Hermitian Analog of the Schottky Form (M Hentschel & A Krieg); The Siegel Series and Spherical Functions on O(2n)/(O(n) x O(n)) (Y Hironaka & F Sati); Koecher-Maa Series for Real Analytic Siegel Eisenstein Series (T Ibukiyama & H Katsurada); A Short History on Investigation of the Special Values of Zeta and L-Functions of Totally Real Number Fields (T Ishii & T Oda); Genus Theta Series, Hecke Operators and the Basis Problem for Eisenstein Series (H Katsurada & R Schulze-Pillot); The Quadratic Mean of Automorphic L-Functions (W Kohnen et al.); Inner Product Formula for Kudla Lift (A Murase & T Sugano); On Certain Automorphic Forms of Sp(1,q) (Arakawa's Results and Recent Progress) (H Narita); On Modular Forms for the Paramodular Group (B Roberts & R Schmidt); SL(2,Z)-Invariant Spaces Spanned by Modular Units (N-P Skoruppa & W Eholzer). Readership: Researchers and graduate students in number theory or representation theory as well as in mathematical physics or combinatorics.

The theory of automorphic forms is playing increasingly important roles in several branches of mathematics, even in physics, and is almost ubiquitous in number theory. This book introduces the reader to the subject and in particular to elliptic modular forms with emphasis on their number-theoretical aspects. After two chapters geared toward elementary levels, there follows a detailed treatment of the theory of Hecke operators, which associate zeta functions to modular forms. At a more advanced level, complex multiplication of elliptic curves and abelian varieties is discussed. The main question is the construction of abelian extensions of certain algebraic number fields, which is traditionally called "Hilbert's twelfth problem." Another advanced topic is the determination of the zeta function of an algebraic curve uniformized by modular functions, which supplies an indispensable background for the recent proof of Fermat's last theorem by Wiles.

This volume contains a valuable collection of articles presented at a conference on Automorphic Forms and Zeta Functions in memory of Tsuneo Arakawa, an eminent researcher in modular forms in several variables and zeta functions. The book begins with a review of his works, followed by 16 articles by experts in the fields including H Aoki, R Berndt, K Hashimoto, S Hayashida, Y Hironaka, H Katsurada, W Kohnen, A Krieg, A Murase, H Narita, T Oda, B Roberts, R Schmidt, R Schulze-Pillot, N Skoruppa, T Sugano, and D Zagier. A variety of topics in the theory of modular forms and zeta functions are covered: Theta series and the basis problems, Jacobi forms, automorphic forms on Sp(1, q), double zeta functions, special values of zeta and L -functions, many of which are closely related to Arakawa''s works. This collection of papers illustrates Arakawa''s contributions and the current trends in modular forms in several variables and related zeta functions. Contents: Tsuneo Arakawa and His Works; Estimate of the Dimensions of Hilbert Modular Forms by Means of Differential Operators (H Aoki); MarsdenOCoWeinstein Reduction, Orbits and Representations of the Jacobi Group (R Berndt); On Eisenstein Series of Degree Two for Squarefree Levels and the Genus Version of the Basis Problem I (S BAcherer); Double Zeta Values and Modular Forms (H Gangl et al.); Type Numbers and Linear Relations of Theta Series for Some General Orders of Quaternion Algebras (K-I Hashimoto); Skew-Holomorphic Jacobi Forms of Higher Degree (S Hayashida); A Hermitian Analog of the Schottky Form (M Hentschel & A Krieg); The Siegel Series and Spherical Functions on O (2 n) / (O (n) x O (n) ) (Y Hironaka & F Sato); KoecherOCoMaa Series for Real Analytic Siegel Eisenstein Series (T Ibukiyama & H Katsurada); A Short History on Investigation of the Special Values of Zeta and L -Functions of Totally Real Number Fields (T Ishii & T Oda); Genus Theta Series, Hecke Operators and the Basis Problem for Eisenstein Series (H Katsurada & R Schulze-Pillot); The Quadratic Mean of Automorphic L -Functions (W Kohnen et al.); Inner Product Formula for Kudla Lift (A Murase & T Sugano); On Certain Automorphic Forms of Sp (1, q ) (Arakawa''s Results and Recent Progress) (H-A Narita); On Modular Forms for the Paramodular Groups (B Roberts & R Schmidt); SL(2, Z)-Invariant Spaces Spanned by Modular Units (N-P Skoruppa & W Eholzer). Readership: Researchers and graduate students in number theory or representation theory as well as in mathematical physics or combinatorics."

"Six Short Chapters on Automorphic Forms and L-functions" treats the period conjectures of Shimura and the moment conjecture. These conjectures are of central importance in contemporary number theory, but have hitherto remained little discussed in expository form. The book is divided into six short and relatively independent chapters, each with its own theme, and presents a motivated and lively account of the main topics, providing professionals an overall view of the conjectures and providing researchers intending to specialize in the area a guide to the relevant literature. Ze-Li Dou and Qiao Zhang are both associate professors of Mathematics at Texas Christian University, USA.