A simple proof of the Eichler-Selberg trace formula
Number Theory
2018-12-19 v2
Abstract
We give a short proof of the trace formula for Hecke operators on modular forms for the modular group, using the action of Hecke operators on the space of period polynomials.
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@article{arxiv.1711.00327,
title = {A simple proof of the Eichler-Selberg trace formula},
author = {Alexandru A. Popa and Don Zagier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.00327},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
14 pages. Final version, to appear in J. Reine Angew. Math