Spherical characters in families: The unitary Gan–Gross–Prasad case

Li Cai; Yangyu Fan

doi:10.1515/forum-2022-0263

Spherical characters in families: The unitary Gan–Gross–Prasad case

Li Cai
, Yangyu Fan^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We consider the variation of spherical characters in families. We formulate conjectures for the rationality and meromorphic property of spherical characters. As an example, we establish these conjectures in the unitary Gan–Gross–Prasad case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-71
Number of pages	11
Journal	Forum Mathematicum
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/forum-2022-0263
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Langlands functoriality in families
Spherical character
unitary Gan–Gross–Prasad

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