Introduction
Introduction
This introductory chapter presents the general principle that the cohomology of arithmetic groups and the L-functions L(s, π, r) attached to irreducible “pieces” π have a strong symbiotic relationship with each other. The symbiosis goes in both directions. The first is that expressions in the special values L(k, π, r) enter in the transcendental description of the cohomology. Since the cohomology is defined over ℚ one can deduce rationality (algebraicity) results for these expressions in special values. Next, these special values in turn influence the structure of the cohomology as a Hecke module; prime numbers dividing these values occur in the denominators of Eisenstein classes.
Keywords: cohomology, arithmetic groups, L-functions, symbiosis, algebraicity, Eisenstein cohomology, Eisenstein classes
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