arXiv · 2609.15937
Low moments of Hecke eigenvalue sums
Abstract
We show that partial sums of the Sato--Tate random multiplicative functions introduced by Cogdell and Michel exhibit better-than-square-root cancellation. The proof proceeds via a connection to multiplicative chaos, following Harper's seminal work. By a non-trivial adaptation of Harper's derandomization argument for character sums, we also obtain upper bounds for low moments of Hecke eigenvalue sums and of Hecke eigenforms near the cusp $0$; to our knowledge, this is the first appearance of multiplicative chaos in the context of automorphic forms on $\mathrm{GL}(2)$. A novel ingredient is the introduction of Hecke $s$-norms.
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Jad Hamdan, Sun-Kai Leung, Mo Dick Wong. 2026-09-14. Low moments of Hecke eigenvalue sums. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15937
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