Differential operators on Hilbert modular forms

We investigate differential operators and their compatibility with subgroups of SL₂n(R). In particular, we construct Rankin-Cohen brackets for Hilbert modular forms, and more generally, multilinear differential operators on the space of Hilbert modular forms. As an application, we explicitly determine the Rankin-Cohen bracket of a Hilbert-Eisenstein series and an arbitrary Hilbert modular form. We use this result to compute the Petersson inner product of such a bracket and a Hilbert modular cusp form.     

Combinatorics of Maass-Shimura operators

Maass-Shimura operators on holomorphic modular forms preserve the modularity of modular forms but not holomorphy, whereas the derivative preserves holomorphy but not modularity. Rankin-Cohen brackets are bilinear operators that preserve both and are expressed in terms of the derivatives of modular forms. We give identities relating Maass-Shimura operators and Rankin-Cohen brackets on modular forms and obtain a natural expression of the Rankin-Cohen brackets in terms of Maass-Shimura operators. We also give applications to values of L-functions and Fourier coefficients of modular forms.     

A modularity criterion for Klein forms, with an application to modular forms of level 13

We find some modularity criterion for a product of Klein forms of the congruence subgroup Γ₁(N) (Theorem 2.6) and, as its application, construct a basis of the space of modular forms for Γ₁(13) of weight 2 (Example 3.4). In the process we face with an interesting property about the coefficients of certain theta function from a quadratic form and prove it conditionally by applying Hecke operators (Proposition 4.3).     

Hilbert modular pseudodifferential operators

We introduce Jacobi-like forms of several variables, and study their connections with Hilbert modular forms and pseudodifferential operators of several variables. We also construct Rankin-Cohen brackets for Hilbert modular forms using such Jacobi-like forms.

     

The Lie theory of the Rankin-Cohen brackets and allied bi-differential operators

The Lie theoretic nature of the Rankin-Cohen brackets is here uncovered. These bilinear operations, which, among other purposes, were devised to produce a holomorphic automorphic form from any pair of such forms, are instances of SL(2,R)-equivariant holomorphic bi-differential operators on the upper half-plane. All of the latter are here characterized and explicitly obtained, by establishing their one-to-one correspondence with singular vectors in the tensor product of two sl(2,C) Verma modules. The Rankin-Cohen brackets arise in the generic situation where the linear span of the singular vectors of a given weight is one-dimensional. The picture is completed by the special brackets which appear for the finite number of pairs of initial lowest weights for which the above space is two-dimensional. Explicit formulæ for basis vectors in both situations are obtained and universal Lie algebraic objects subsuming all of them are exhibited. A few applications of these results and Lie theoretic approach are then considered. First, a generalization of the latter yields Rankin-Cohen type brackets for Hilbert modular forms. Then, some Rankin-Cohen brackets are shown to intertwine the tensor product of two holomorphic discrete series representations of SL(2,R) with another such representation occurring in the tensor product decomposition. Finally, the sought for precise relationship between the Rankin-Cohen brackets and Gordan's transvection processes of the nineteenth century invariant theory is unveiled.     

Dirichlet series of Rankin-Cohen brackets

Given modular forms f and g of weights k and ?, respectively, their Rankin-Cohen bracket corresponding to a nonnegative integer n is a modular form of weight k+?+2n, and it is given as a linear combination of the products of the form f(r)g(n−r) for 0?r?n. We use a correspondence between quasimodular forms and sequences of modular forms to express the Dirichlet series of a product of derivatives of modular forms as a linear combination of the Dirichlet series of Rankin-Cohen brackets.     

Modular forms and differential operators

In 1956, Rankin described which polynomials in the derivatives of modular forms are again modular forms, and in 1977, H Cohen defined for eachn ≥ 0 a bilinear operation which assigns to two modular formsf andg of weightk andl a modular form [f, g]_n of weightk +l + 2n. In the present paper we study these “Rankin-Cohen brackets” from two points of view. On the one hand we give various explanations of their modularity and various algebraic relations among them by relating the modular form theory to the theories of theta series, of Jacobi forms, and of pseudodifferential operators. In a different direction, we study the abstract algebraic structure (“RC algebra”) consisting of a graded vector space together with a collection of bilinear operations [,]_n of degree + 2n satisfying all of the axioms of the Rankin-Cohen brackets. Under certain hypotheses, these turn out to be equivalent to commutative graded algebras together with a derivationS of degree 2 and an element Φ of degree 4, up to the equivalence relation (∂,Φ) ~ (∂ - ϕE, Φ - ϕ² + ∂(ϕ)) where ϕ is an element of degree 2 andE is the Fuler operator (= multiplication by the degree). Dedicated to the memory of Professor K G Ramanathan     

Differential operators on Hermitian Jacobi forms

We study multilinear differential operators on a space of Hermitian Jacobi forms as well as on a space of Hermitian modular forms of degree 2. First we define a heat operator and construct multilinear differential operators on a space of Hermitian Jacobi forms of degree 2. As a special case of these operators, we also study Rankin-Cohen type differential operators on a space of Hermitian Jacobi forms. And we construct multilinear differential operators on a space of Hermitian modular forms of degree 2 as an application of multilinear differential operators on Hermitian Jacobi forms.     

Rankin-Cohen brackets and formal quantization

In this paper, we use the theory of deformation quantization to understand Connes' and Moscovici's results [A. Connes, H. Moscovici, Rankin-Cohen brackets and the Hopf algebra of transverse geometry, Mosc. Math. J. 4 (1) (2004) 111-130, 311]. We use Fedosov's method of deformation quantization of symplectic manifolds to reconstruct Zagier's deformation [D. Zagier, Modular forms and differential operators, in: K.G. Ramanathan Memorial Issue, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Math. Sci. 104 (1) (1994) 57-75] of modular forms, and relate this deformation to the Weyl-Moyal product. We also show that the projective structure introduced by Connes and Moscovici is equivalent to the existence of certain geometric data in the case of foliation groupoids. Using the methods developed by the second author [X. Tang, Deformation quantization of pseudo (symplectic) Poisson groupoids, Geom. Funct. Anal. 16 (3) (2006) 731-766], we reconstruct a universal deformation formula of the Hopf algebra H₁ associated to codimension one foliations. In the end, we prove that the first Rankin-Cohen bracket RC₁ defines a noncommutative Poisson structure for an arbitrary H₁ action.     

Rankin-Cohen Deformations and Representation Theory

The author uses the unitary representation theory of SL2（R） to understand the Rankin-Cohen brackets for modular forms. Then this interpretation is used to study the corresponding deformation problems that Paula Cohen, Yuri Manin and Don Zagier initiated. Two uniqueness results are established.     

Vector-valued Jacobi-like forms

We introduce vector-valued Jacobi-like forms associated to a representation r: G? GL(n,\Bbb C)\rho: \Gamma \rightarrow GL(n,{\Bbb C}) of a discrete subgroup G ì SL(2,\Bbb C)\Gamma \subset SL(2,{\Bbb C}) in \Bbb Cⁿ{\Bbb C}^n and establish a correspondence between such vector-valued Jacobi-like forms and sequences of vector-valued modular forms of different weights with respect to ρ. We determine a lifting of vector-valued modular forms to vector-valued Jacobi-like forms as well as a lifting of scalar-valued Jacobi-like forms to vector-valued Jacobi-like forms. We also construct Rankin-Cohen brackets for vector-valued modular forms.     

Symbolic Computation for Rankin-Cohen Differential Algebras: A Case Study

Don Zagier defined a “Rankin-Cohen algebra”, motivated by the study of differential operators that send modular forms to modular forms. We devised an algorithm that computes the result of the differentiation given by the modular forms that correspond to higher-order Wronskians over Klein’s quartic curve, which are modular forms of arbitrarily high degree canonically attached to the curve; this tool is potentially useful for finding commutative rings of differential operators.     

Coefficients of Drinfeld modular forms and Hecke operators

Consider the space of Drinfeld modular forms of fixed weight and type for Γ₀(n)⊂GL₂(Fq[T]). It has a linear form bn, given by the coefficient of tm+n(q−1) in the power series expansion of a type m modular form at the cusp infinity, with respect to the uniformizer t. It also has an action of a Hecke algebra. Our aim is to study the Hecke module spanned by b₁. We give elements in the Hecke annihilator of b₁. Some of them are expected to be nontrivial and such a phenomenon does not occur for classical modular forms. Moreover, we show that the Hecke module considered is spanned by coefficients bn, where n runs through an infinite set of integers. As a consequence, for any Drinfeld Hecke eigenform, we can compute explicitly certain coefficients in terms of the eigenvalues. We give an application to coefficients of the Drinfeld Hecke eigenform h.     

On the cuspidal modular forms for the Fuchsian groups of the first kind

In this paper we study the construction and non-vanishing of cuspidal modular forms of weight m?3 for arbitrary Fuchsian groups of the first kind. We give a spanning set for the space of cuspidal modular forms Sm(Γ) of weight m?3 in a uniform way which does not depend on the fact that Γ has cusps or not.     

On mod <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> properties of Siegel modular forms

We prove two results on mod p properties of Siegel modular forms. First, we use theta series in order to construct of a Siegel modular form of weight p−1 which is congruent to 1 mod p. Second, we define a theta operator on q-expansions and show that the algebra of Siegel modular forms mod p is stable under , by exploiting the relation between and generalized Rankin-Cohen brackets.     

On zeros of quasi-modular forms

Several authors have studied the nature and location of zeros of modular forms for the full modular group Γ and other congruence subgroups. In this paper, we investigate the zeros of certain quasi-modular forms for Γ. In particular, we study the transcendence and existence of infinitely many Γ-inequivalent zeros of these quasi-modular forms. We also estimate the number of such zeros in Siegel sets, motivated by a recent work of Ghosh and Sarnak.     

Some aspects of Hermitian Jacobi forms

We introduce a certain differential (heat) operator on the space of Hermitian Jacobi forms of degree 1, show its commutation with certain Hecke operators and use it to construct a map from elliptic cusp forms to Hermitian Jacobi cusp forms. We construct Hermitian Jacobi forms as the image of the tensor product of two copies of Jacobi forms and also from the differentiation of the variables. We determine the number of Fourier coefficients that determine a Hermitian Jacobi form and use the differential operator to embed a certain subspace of Hermitian Jacobi forms into a direct sum of modular forms for the full modular group.     

Compactification of Drinfeld modular varieties and Drinfeld modular forms of arbitrary rank

We give an abstract characterization of the Satake compactification of a general Drinfeld modular variety. We prove that it exists and is unique up to unique isomorphism, though we do not give an explicit stratification by Drinfeld modular varieties of smaller rank which is also expected. We construct a natural ample invertible sheaf on it, such that the global sections of its k-th power form the space of (algebraic) Drinfeld modular forms of weight k. We show how the Satake compactification and modular forms behave under all natural morphisms between Drinfeld modular varieties; in particular we define Hecke operators. We give explicit results in some special cases.     

Multilinear differential operators on modular forms

We construct multilinear differential operators on modular forms and prove that they are essentially unique. We also discuss certain homogeneous polynomials associated to such differential operators as well as some related multilinear differential operators that do not produce modular forms.

     

Hecke operators on Drinfeld cusp forms

In this paper, we study the Drinfeld cusp forms for Γ₁(T) and Γ(T) using Teitelbaum's interpretation as harmonic cocycles. We obtain explicit eigenvalues of Hecke operators associated to degree one prime ideals acting on the cusp forms for Γ₁(T) of small weights and conclude that these Hecke operators are simultaneously diagonalizable. We also show that the Hecke operators are not diagonalizable in general for Γ₁(T) of large weights, and not for Γ(T) even of small weights. The Hecke eigenvalues on cusp forms for Γ(T) with small weights are determined and the eigenspaces characterized.