Exploring modular forms and the cohomology of local systems on moduli spaces by counting points
Algebraic Geometry
2016-04-12 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
This is a report on a joint project in experimental mathematics with Jonas Bergstr\"om and Carel Faber where we obtain information about modular forms by counting curves over finite fields.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1604.02654,
title = {Exploring modular forms and the cohomology of local systems on moduli spaces by counting points},
author = {Gerard van der Geer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.02654},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
27 pages; expanded version of a talk at the Mittag-Leffler Institute