Speaker: Prof. Zhengyu Mao (Rutgers University New Brunswick)

Title: BZSV duality and relative trace formula

Time: 15:30-16:30  April 23, 2026 (Thursday)

Place: MCM410

Abstract: The relative trace formula is a powerful tool for both establishing Langlands functoriality and exploring the relationship between period integrals and L-values. The duality conjecture of Ben-Zvi, Sakellaridis, and Venkatesh (BZSV) offers a strong framework for the theory of the relative trace formula. We discuss work with S. Rallis and with C. Wan and L. Zhang on BZSV conjecture, which provides supporting evidence for the BZSV conjecture and suggests many new comparisons of relative trace formulas.