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A Hecke algebra attached to mod 2 modular forms of level 5

Number Theory 2016-10-25 v1

Abstract

Let FF be the element n odd, n>0xn2\sum_{n\ \mathit{odd},\ n>0}x^{n^{2}} of Z/2[[x]]Z/2[[x]]. Set G=F(x5)G=F(x^{5}), D=F(x)+F(x25)D=F(x)+F(x^{25}). For k>0k>0, (k,10)=1(k,10)=1, define DkD_{k} as follows. D1=DD_{1}=D, D3=D8/GD_{3}=D^{8}/G, D7=D2GD_{7}=D^{2}G, D9=D4GD_{9}=D^{4}G; furthermore Dk+10=G2DkD_{k+10}=G^{2}D_{k}. Using modular forms of level Γ0(5)\Gamma_{0}(5) we show that the space WW spanned by the DkD_{k} is stabilized by the formal Hecke operators Tp:Z/2[[x]]Z/2[[x]]T_{p}:Z/2[[x]]\rightarrow Z/2[[x]], p2p\ne 2 or 55. And we determine the structure of the (completed) shallow Hecke algebra attached to WW. This algebra proves to be a power series ring in T3T_{3} and T7T_{7} with an element of square 00 adjoined. As Hecke module, WW identifies with a certain subquotient of the space of mod~2 modular forms of level Γ0(5)\Gamma_{0}(5), and our Hecke algebra result parallels findings in level 1 (by J.-L. Nicolas and J.-P. Serre) and in level Γ0(3)\Gamma_{0}(3) by us.

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@article{arxiv.1610.07058,
  title  = {A Hecke algebra attached to mod 2 modular forms of level 5},
  author = {Paul Monsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07058},
  year   = {2016}
}

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25 pages

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