Type: Article
Publication Date: 2007-10-04
Citations: 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0894-0347-07-00581-4
We use the uniqueness of various invariant functionals on irreducible unitary representations of $PGL_2(\mathbb {R})$ in order to deduce the classical Rankin-Selberg identity for the sum of Fourier coefficients of Maass cusp forms and its new anisotropic analog. We deduce from these formulas non-trivial bounds for the corresponding unipotent and spherical Fourier coefficients of Maass forms. As an application we obtain a subconvexity bound for certain $L$-functions. Our main tool is the notion of a Gelfand pair from representation theory.