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Equivariant solutions to modular Schwarzian equations

Number Theory 2021-06-15 v1

Abstract

For every positive integer rr, we solve the modular Schwarzian differential equation {h,τ}=2π2r2E4\{h,\tau\}=2\pi^2r^2E_4, where E4E_4 is the weight 4 Eisenstein series, by means of equivariant functions on the upper half-plane. This paper supplements previous works \cite{forum, ramanujan}, where the same equation has been solved for infinite families of rational values of rr. This also leads to the solutions to the modular differential equation y+r2π2E4y=0y''+r^2\pi^2E_4\,y=0 for every positive integer rr. These solutions are quasi-modular forms for \mboxSL2(Z)\mbox{SL}_2(\mathbb Z) if rr is even or for the subgroup of index 2, \mboxSL2(Z)2\mbox{SL}_2(\mathbb Z)^2, if rr is odd.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2106.06903,
  title  = {Equivariant solutions to modular Schwarzian equations},
  author = {Hicham Saber and Abdellah Sebbar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.06903},
  year   = {2021}
}

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19 pages

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