English

Computation of Hecke eigenvalues (mod $p$) via quaternions

Number Theory 2022-12-15 v2

Abstract

In a 1987 letter, Serre proves that the systems of Hecke eigenvalues arising from mod pp modular forms (of fixed level Γ(N)\Gamma(N) coprime to pp, and any weight kk) are the same as those arising from functions Ω(N)Fˉp\Omega(N) \to \bar{\mathbb F}_p, where Ω(N)\Omega(N) is some double quotient of D×(Af)D^\times (\mathbb A_f) and DD is the unique quaternion algebra over Q\mathbb Q ramified at {p,}\{p,\infty\}. We present an algorithm which then computes these Hecke eigenvalues on the quaternion side in a combinatorial manner.

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@article{arxiv.2211.04708,
  title  = {Computation of Hecke eigenvalues (mod $p$) via quaternions},
  author = {Yiannis Fam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04708},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

27 pages. Edited to correct an error enumerating double cosets

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