Summation Formulas, from Poisson and Voronoi to the Present

Abstract

We give an overview of classical summation formulations, such as Poisson's and Voronoi's, and then turn to modern versions involving modular form coefficients. A new formula involving the coefficients of cusp forms on GL(3) is described, and its proof sketched, followed by applications to L-functions. The main method used is the boundary value distribution of automorphic forms.