Quotients of $L$-functions: degrees $n$ and $n-2$
Quotients of $L$-functions: degrees $n$ and $n-2$
If $L(s,\pi)$ and $L(s,\rho)$ are the Dirichlet series attached to cuspidal automorphic representations $\pi$ and $\rho$ of ${\rm GL}_n({\mathbb A}_{\mathbb Q})$ and ${\rm GL}_{n-2}({\mathbb A}_{\mathbb Q})$ respectively, we show that $F_2(s)=L(s,\pi)/L(s,\rho)$ has infinitely many poles. We also establish analogous results for Artin $L$-functions and other $L$-functions not yet proven to …