{ "id": "2409.14933", "version": "v1", "published": "2024-09-23T11:41:10.000Z", "updated": "2024-09-23T11:41:10.000Z", "title": "Adjoint $L$-functions, congruence ideals, and Selmer groups over $\\mathrm{GL}_n$", "authors": [ "Ho Leung Fong" ], "comment": "33 pages", "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "In this paper, we relate $L(1,\\pi,\\mathrm{Ad}^\\circ)$ to the congruence ideals for cohomological cuspidal automorphic representations $\\pi$ of $\\mathrm{GL}_n$ over any number field. We then use this result to deduce relationships between the congruences of automorphic forms and adjoint $L$-functions. For CM fields, we apply the result to obtain a lower bound on the cardinality of certain Selmer groups in terms of $L(1,\\pi,\\mathrm{Ad}^\\circ)$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2024-09-23T11:41:10.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11F67", "11F75", "11F33" ], "keywords": [ "congruence ideals", "selmer groups", "cohomological cuspidal automorphic representations", "automorphic forms", "deduce relationships" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 33, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }