AbstractLet $$\theta $$
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be an elementary theta function, such as the classical Jacobi theta function. We establish a spectral decomposition and surprisingly strong asymptotic formulas for $$\langle |\theta |^2, \varphi \rangle $$
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as $$\varphi $$
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traverses a sequence of Hecke-translates of a nice enough fixed function. The subtlety is that typically $$|\theta |^2 \notin L^2$$
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. Applications to the subconvexity, quantum variance and 4-norm problems We determine all pairs $$(A_{f,g},A_{g,h})$$
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of generalized weighted quasi-arithmetic means being square iterative roots of $$(A_{F,G},A_{G,H})$$
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, that is, the equation $$( A_{f,g},A_{g,h}) \circ ( A_{f,g},A_{g,h}) =(A_{F,G},A_{G,H}),$$
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is solved under three times differentiability of the functions f, g, h, F, G, H. As an application, some special cases are presented. are indicated.