On the Holomorphy of Exterior-Square L-functions

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the twisted partial exterior-square $L$-function has a meromorphic continuation to the whole complex plane with only two possible simple poles at $s=1$ and $s=0$. We do this by establishing the nonvanishing of the local zeta integrals defined by Jacquet and Shalika for any fixed $s_0$. The even case is treated in detail. The odd case is treated briefly, in which case, the $L$-function is shown to be entire.