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Modular forms and K3 surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2013-03-26 v4 Number Theory

Abstract

For every known Hecke eigenform of weight 3 with rational eigenvalues we exhibit a K3 surface over QQ associated to the form. This answers a question asked independently by Mazur and van Straten. The proof builds on a classification of CM forms by the second author.

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@article{arxiv.0809.0830,
  title  = {Modular forms and K3 surfaces},
  author = {Noam D. Elkies and Matthias Schuett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0830},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

29 pages; v4: few typos corrected

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