Zeros of 𝐿-functions in families near the critical line
<p> We combine the relative trace formula with analytic methods to obtain zero density estimates for <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper L"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">L</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -functions in various families of automorphic representations for <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="normal upper G normal upper L left-parenthesis m right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">G</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">L</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathrm {GL}(m)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> that show their strength close to the critical line. Applications include strong bounds for the average analytic rank of these <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper L"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">L</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -functions at the central point and average equidistribution results for the imaginary parts of the zeros. </p>