## Test vectors for linear forms.(English)Zbl 0768.22004

In the study of automorphic representations it often happens that one wants to know whether a certain invariant form given by an integral is identically zero or not. In the paper the local question is treated in two situations. The first one concerns $$K^*$$-invariant linear forms on irreducible representations of $$G=GL(2,F)\times K^*$$, where $$K$$ is a quadratic extension of $$F$$, the second one concerns $$GL(2,F)$$-invariant linear forms on irreducible representations of $$G = GL(2,F)^ 3$$. In both cases a criterion is known for the existence of a non-trivial invariant linear form, which is then unique up to a scalar factor. In this paper it is shown that this linear form is non-zero on the line fixed by a certain open compact subgroup of $$G$$. Hence any non-zero vector on that line is a test vector for an invariant linear form. Some global applications are given.

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 22E50 Representations of Lie and linear algebraic groups over local fields 11F70 Representation-theoretic methods; automorphic representations over local and global fields
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