English

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