Critical values of Rankin-Selberg L-functions for GL(n) x GL(n-1) and the symmetric cube L-functions for GL(2) (1312.5955v2)

Abstract: In a previous article we had proved an algebraicity result for the central critical value for L-functions for GL(n) x GL(n-1) over Q assuming the validity of a nonvanishing hypothesis involving archimedean integrals. The purpose of this article is to generalize that result for all critical values for L-functions for GL(n) x GL(n-1) over any number field F. Binyong Sun has recently proved that nonvanishing hypothesis and so the results of this article are unconditional. Using such results for the case of GL(3) x GL(2), new unconditional algebraicity results for the special values of symmetric cube L-functions for GL(2) over F have been proved.