Automorphic forms and L-functions have long stood at the heart of modern number theory and representation theory, providing a profound link between symmetry, arithmetic, and spectral analysis.

“There are five fundamental operations in mathematics,” the German mathematician Martin Eichler supposedly said. “Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and modular forms.” Part of the joke, ...

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN and call me in the morning," the medical adage goes. To most people, this means simply washing down two tablets. Until late 2005, "take two aspirin" didn't have any different ...