On standard L-functions attached to automorphic forms on definite orthogonal groups

Abstract

Abstract.We show an explicit functional equation of the standard L-function associated with an automorphic form on a definite orthogonal group over a totally real algebraic number field. This is a completion and a generalization of our previous paper, in which we constructed standard L-functions by using Rankin-Selberg convolution and the theory of Shintani functions under certain technical conditions. In this article we remove these conditions. Furthermore we show that the L-function of f has a pole at s = m/2 if and only if f is a constant function.