A Summary of the Langlands-Shahidi Method of Constructing L-functions
arXiv:math/0204148
Abstract
These notes are from the Database of Automorphic L-functions at http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sdmiller/l-functions . They were written up by Stephen Miller, and are based on discussions with Freydoon Shahidi, Purdue University. They are meant to serve as an introduction to the Langlands-Shahidi method of studying L-functions through the Fourier coefficients of Eisenstein series.
7 pages; notes by Stephen D. Miller, after Freydoon Shahidi; v.2 fixes typos