Multiplicity one theorems for the generalized doubling method

Abstract: In this work we prove the local multiplicity at most one theorem underlying the definition and theory of local $\gamma$-, $\epsilon$- and $L$-factors, defined by virtue of the generalized doubling method, over any local field of characteristic 0. We also present two applications: one to the existence of local factors for genuine representations of covering groups, the other to the global unfolding argument of the doubling integral.