Quaternionic Manin symbols, Brandt matrices, and Hilbert modular forms

In this paper, we propose a generalization of the algorithm we developed previously. Along the way, we also develop a theory of quaternionic -symbols whose definition bears some resemblance to the classical -symbols, except for their combinatorial nature. The theory gives a more efficient way to compute Hilbert modular forms over totally real number fields, especially quadratic fields, and we have illustrated it with several examples. Namely, we have computed all the newforms of prime levels of norm less than 100 over the quadratic fields and , and whose Fourier coefficients are rational or are defined over a quadratic field.

     

Elliptic Apostol sums and their reciprocity laws

We introduce an elliptic analogue of the Apostol sums, which we call elliptic Apostol sums. These sums are defined by means of certain elliptic functions with a complex parameter having positive imaginary part. When , these elliptic Apostol sums represent the well-known Apostol generalized Dedekind sums. Also these elliptic Apostol sums are modular forms in the variable . We obtain a reciprocity law for these sums, which gives rise to new relations between certain modular forms (of one variable).

     

A generalization of a theorem of Rankin and Swinnerton-Dyer on zeros of modular forms

Rankin and Swinnerton-Dyer (1970) prove that all zeros of the Eisenstein series in the standard fundamental domain for lie on . In this paper we generalize their theorem, providing conditions under which the zeros of other modular forms lie only on the arc . Using this result we prove a speculation of Ono, namely that the zeros of the unique ``gap function" in , the modular form with the maximal number of consecutive zero coefficients in its -expansion following the constant , has zeros only on . In addition, we show that the -invariant maps these zeros to totally real algebraic integers of degree bounded by a simple function of weight .

     

On -adic Hermitian Eisenstein series

In this paper we generalize the notion of -adic modular form to the Hermitian modular case and prove a formula that shows a coincidence between certain -adic Hermitian Eisenstein series and the genus theta series associated with Hermitian matrix with determinant .

     

Maaß cusp forms for large eigenvalues

We investigate the numerical computation of Maaß cusp forms for the modular group corresponding to large eigenvalues. We present Fourier coefficients of two cusp forms whose eigenvalues exceed . These eigenvalues are the largest that have so far been found in the case of the modular group. They are larger than the millionth eigenvalue.     

Self-dual codes over and half-integral weight modular forms

In this paper, we find a connection between the weight enumerator of self-dual codes and half-integral weight modular forms. We generalize in that way results of Broué-Enguehard, Hirzebruch, Ozeki, Rains-Sloane, Runge.

     

A density theorem on automorphic -functions and some applications

We establish a density theorem on automorphic -functions and give some applications on the extreme values of these -functions at and the distribution of the Hecke eigenvalue of holomorphic cusp forms.

     

Shintani lifts and fractional derivatives for harmonic weak Maass forms

In this paper, we construct Shintani lifts from integral weight weakly holomorphic modular forms to half-integral weight weakly holomorphic modular forms. Although defined by different methods, these coincide with the classical Shintani lifts when restricted to the space of cusp forms. As a side effect, this gives the coefficients of the classical Shintani lifts as new cycle integrals. This yields new formulas for the L-values of Hecke eigenforms. When restricted to the space of weakly holomorphic modular forms orthogonal to cusp forms, the Shintani lifts introduce a definition of weakly holomorphic Hecke eigenforms. Along the way, auxiliary lifts are constructed from the space of harmonic weak Maass forms which yield a “fractional derivative” from the space of half-integral weight harmonic weak Maass forms to half-integral weight weakly holomorphic modular forms. This fractional derivative complements the usual ξ-operator introduced by Bruinier and Funke.     

Poincaré series on bounded symmetric domains

We show that any holomorphic automorphic form of sufficiently large weight on an irreducible bounded symmetric domain in , , is the Poincaré series of a polynomial in ,..., and give an upper bound for the degree of this polynomial. We also give an explicit construction of a basis in the space of holomorphic automorphic forms.

     

On zeros of Eisenstein series for genus zero Fuchsian groups

Let SL be a genus zero Fuchsian group of the first kind with as a cusp, and let be the holomorphic Eisenstein series of weight on that is nonvanishing at and vanishes at all the other cusps (provided that such an Eisenstein series exists). Under certain assumptions on and on a choice of a fundamental domain , we prove that all but possibly of the nontrivial zeros of lie on a certain subset of . Here is a constant that does not depend on the weight, is the upper half-plane, and is the canonical hauptmodul for

     

Modular forms which behave like theta series

In this paper, we determine all modular forms of weights , , for the full modular group which behave like theta series, i.e., which have in their Fourier expansions, the constant term and all other Fourier coefficients are non-negative rational integers. In fact, we give convex regions in (resp. in ) for the cases (resp. for the cases ). Corresponding to each lattice point in these regions, we get a modular form with the above property. As an application, we determine the possible exceptions of quadratic forms in the respective dimensions.

     

Combinatorial formulas for certain sequences of multiple numbers

Duke and the second author defined a family of linear maps from spaces of weakly holomorphic modular forms of negative integral weight and level 1 into spaces of weakly holomorphic modular forms of half-integral weight and level 4 and showed that these lifts preserve the integrality of Fourier coefficients. We show that the generalization of these lifts to modular forms of genus 0 odd prime level also preserves the integrality of Fourier coefficients.     

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.     

On the zeros of weakly holomorphic modular forms

In this article, we study the nature of zeros of weakly holomorphic modular forms. In particular, we prove results about transcendental zeros of modular forms of higher levels and for certain Fricke groups which extend a work of Kohnen (Comment Math Univ St Pauli 52:55–57, 2003). Furthermore, we investigate the algebraic independence of values of weakly holomorphic modular forms.     

Harmonic Maass forms and periods

According to Waldspurger’s theorem, the coefficients of half-integral weight eigenforms are given by central critical values of twisted Hecke $L$ -functions, and therefore by periods. Here we prove that the coefficients of the holomorphic parts of weight $1/2$ harmonic Maass forms are determined by periods of algebraic differentials of the third kind on modular and elliptic curves.     

Eichler–Shimura theory for mock modular forms

We use mock modular forms to compute generating functions for the critical values of modular $L$ -functions, and we answer a generalized form of a question of Kohnen and Zagier by deriving the “extra relation” that is satisfied by even periods of weakly holomorphic cusp forms. To obtain these results we derive an Eichler–Shimura theory for weakly holomorphic modular forms and mock modular forms. This includes two “Eichler–Shimura isomorphisms”, a “multiplicity two” Hecke theory, a correspondence between mock modular periods and classical periods, and a “Haberland-type” formula which expresses Petersson’s inner product and a related antisymmetric inner product on $M_{k}^{!}$ in terms of periods.     

Torus actions on weakly pseudoconvex spaces

We show that the univalent local actions of the complexification of a compact connected Lie group on a weakly pseudoconvex space where is acting holomorphically have a universal orbit convex weakly pseudoconvex complexification. We also show that if is a torus, then every holomorphic action of on a weakly pseudoconvex space extends to a univalent local action of

     

The generalized Lichnerowicz problem: Uniformly quasiregular mappings and space forms

A uqr mapping of an -manifold is a mapping which is rational with respect to a bounded measurable conformal structure on . Remarkably, the only closed manifolds on which locally (but not globally) injective uqr mappings act are Euclidean space forms. We further characterize space forms admitting uniformly quasiregular self mappings and we show that the space forms admitting branched uqr maps are precisely the spherical space forms. We further show that every non-injective uqr map of a Euclidean space form is a quasiconformal conjugate of a conformal map. This is not true if the non-injective hypothesis is removed.

     

On the power series coefficients of certain quotients of Eisenstein series

In their last joint paper, Hardy and Ramanujan examined the coefficients of modular forms with a simple pole in a fundamental region. In particular, they focused on the reciprocal of the Eisenstein series . In letters written to Hardy from nursing homes, Ramanujan stated without proof several more results of this sort. The purpose of this paper is to prove most of these claims.

     

Rational eigenvectors in spaces of ternary forms

We describe the explicit computation of linear combinations of ternary quadratic forms which are eigenvectors, with rational eigenvalues, under all Hecke operators. We use this process to construct, for each elliptic curve of rank zero and conductor for which or is squarefree, a weight 3/2 cusp form which is (potentially) a preimage of the weight two newform under the Shimura correspondence.