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On a Conjecture of Yui and Zagier

Number Theory 2019-11-22 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the conjecture of Yui and Zagier concerning the factorization of the resultants of minimal polynomials of Weber class invariants. The novelty of our approach is to systematically express differences of certain Weber functions as products of Borcherds products.

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@article{arxiv.1911.09589,
  title  = {On a Conjecture of Yui and Zagier},
  author = {Yingkun Li and Tonghai Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.09589},
  year   = {2019}
}

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