The Gaussian moments conjecture for Hecke–Maass cusp forms

Let X=SL(2,Z)\H\mathbb{X}=\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\backslash\mathbb{H}, let {fi}\{f_i\} be Hecke–Maass cusp forms normalized by

1vol(X)Xfi(z)2dxdyy2=1,\frac{1}{\operatorname{vol}(\mathbb{X})}\int_{\mathbb{X}}|f_i(z)|^2\frac{\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y}{y^2}=1,

and define the Gaussian moments by Cn=12π+xnex2/2dxC_n=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}x^ne^{-x^2/2}\,\mathrm{d}x, so that Cn=(n1)!!C_n=(n-1)!! for even nn and Cn=0C_n=0 for odd nn. The Gaussian moments conjecture. For every ψCc(X)\psi\in C_c^\infty(\mathbb{X}),

Xψ(z)fin(z)dxdyy2CnXψ(z)dxdyy2\int_{\mathbb{X}}\psi(z)f_i^n(z)\frac{\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y}{y^2}\sim C_n\int_{\mathbb{X}}\psi(z)\frac{\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}y}{y^2}

as tfit_{f_i} tends to infinity. This is the random-wave prediction that high-energy eigenfunctions have Gaussian value distributions; the source cites Berry and Humphries for this formulation.

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Primary source

Chengliang Guo, “Mixed fourth moments of automorphic forms and the shifted moments of L-functions”, arXiv:2601.00660 (2026).

Additional references

7 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2510.12322, arXiv:2508.06331, arXiv:2405.00996, arXiv:2002.01790, arXiv:1705.05488, arXiv:1105.1580.

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