This modern, graduate-level textbook does not assume prior knowledge of representation theory. Includes numerous concrete examples and exercises.

Dorian Goldfeld is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University, New York.

Preface; 1. The classical theory of automorphic forms for GL(n,R); 2. Automorphic forms and representations for GL(n,AQ); 3. Theory of local representations for GL(n); 4. The Godement-Jacquet L-function for GL(n,AQ); Solutions to selected exercises; References; Symbols index; Index.