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S-adic L-functions attached to the symmetric square of a newform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1997

A Dabrowski
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Szczecin, ul. Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland. Email: [email protected]
D Delbourgo
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In order to apply the ideas of Iwasawa theory to the symmetric square of a newform, we need to be able to define non-archimedean analogues of its complex $L$-series. The interpolated $p$-adic $L$-function is closely connected via a “Main Conjecture” with certain Selmer groups over the cyclotomic $\Bbb Z_p$-extension of $\Bbb Q$. In the $p$-ordinary case these functions are well understood.

In this article we extend the interpolation to an arbitrary set $S$ of good primes (not necessarily satisfying ordinarity conditions). The corresponding $S$-adic functions can be characterised in terms of certain admissibility criteria. We also allow interpolation at particular primes dividing the level of the newform.

One interesting application is to the symmetric square of a modular elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\Bbb Q$. Our constructions yield $p$-adic $L$-functions at all primes of stable or semi-stable reduction. If $p$ is ordinary or multiplicative the corresponding analytic function is bounded; if $p$ is supersingular our function behaves like $\log^2(1+T)$.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11F67, 11F66, 11F33, 11F30

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© London Mathematical Society 1997

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