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Period polynomials for Picard modular forms

Number Theory 2019-07-12 v2

Abstract

The relations satisfied by period polynomials associated to modular forms yield a way to count dimensions of spaces of cusp forms. After showing how these relations arise from those on the mapping class group PSL(2,Z)PSL(2, \mathbb{Z}) of the moduli space M0,4\mathcal{M}_{0,4} of genus 0 curves with 4 marked points, the author goes on to define period polynomials associated to Picard modular forms. Relations on these Picard period polynomials are then determined, and via an embedding of a monodromy representation of the moduli space M0,5\mathcal{M}_{0,5} of genus 0 curves with 5 marked points in PU(2,1;Z[ρ])PU(2,1 ; \mathbb{Z}[\rho]) (where ρ\rho denotes a third root of unity), they are related to the geometry of M0,5.\mathcal{M}_{0,5}.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04852,
  title  = {Period polynomials for Picard modular forms},
  author = {Sheldon Joyner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04852},
  year   = {2019}
}

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37 pages, 2 figures

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