On Period Relations for Automorphic L-functions II

Abstract: We study Hecke algebras for pairs $({\mathfrak g},K)$ over arbitrary fields $E$ of characteristic $0$, define the Bernstein functor and give another definition of the Zuckerman functor over $E$. Building on this and the author's previous work on rational structures on automorphic representations, we show that hard duality remains valid over $E$ and apply this result to the study of rationality properties of Sun's cohomologically induced functionals. Our main application are period relations for the special values of standard $L$-functions of automorphic representations of $\mathrm{GL}(2n)$ admitting Shalika models.