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On the distribution of eigenvalues of Maass forms on certain moonshine groups

Number Theory 2017-04-27 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we study, both analytically and numerically, questions involving the distribution of eigenvalues of Maass forms on the moonshine groups Γ0(N)+\Gamma_0(N)^+, where N>1N>1 is a square-free integer. After we prove that Γ0(N)+\Gamma_0(N)^+ has one cusp, we compute the constant term of the associated non-holomorphic Eisenstein series. We then derive an "average" Weyl's law for the distribution of eigenvalues of Maass forms, from which we prove the "classical" Weyl's law as a special case. The groups corresponding to N=5N=5 and N=6N=6 have the same signature; however, our analysis shows that, asymptotically, there are infinitely more cusp forms for Γ0(5)+\Gamma_0(5)^+ than for Γ0(6)+\Gamma_0(6)^+. We view this result as being consistent with the Phillips-Sarnak philosophy since we have shown, unconditionally, the existence of two groups which have different Weyl's laws. In addition, we employ Hejhal's algorithm, together with recently developed refinements from [31], and numerically determine the first 35573557 of Γ0(5)+\Gamma_0(5)^+ and the first 1247412474 eigenvalues of Γ0(6)+\Gamma_0(6)^+. With this information, we empirically verify some conjectured distributional properties of the eigenvalues.

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@article{arxiv.1301.1574,
  title  = {On the distribution of eigenvalues of Maass forms on certain moonshine groups},
  author = {Jay Jorgenson and Lejla Smajlović and Holger Then},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.1574},
  year   = {2017}
}

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