Explicit formulas for spherical Whittaker functions on GL(n,R) were obtained by Stade around 1990. As an application, Stade computed archimedean zeta integrals for automorphic L-functions on GL(n)×GL(n) and GL(n)×GL(n-1). In this talk, I will discuss joint work with Stade on extending these results to classical groups.
Archimedean Whittaker functions and archimedean zeta integrals Sponsored by the Meyer Fund