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Real part of cycle integrals and conjectures of Kaneko

Number Theory 2025-05-21 v1

Abstract

We prove two of Kaneko's conjectures on the "values" val(w)\mathrm{val}(w) of the modular jj function at real quadratic irrationalities: we prove the lower bound Re(val(w))val(1+52)\mathrm{Re}(\mathrm{val}(w))\geq \mathrm{val}\left(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\right) for all real quadratics ww and the upper bound Re(val(w))val(1+2)\mathrm{Re}(\mathrm{val}(w))\leq \mathrm{val}\left(1+\sqrt{2}\right) for all Markov irrationalities ww. These results generalize to the "values" at quadratic irrationalities of any weakly holomorphic modular function ff such that f(eit)f(e^{it}) is real, non-negative and increasing for t[π/3,π/2]t\in [\pi/3,\pi/2].

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@article{arxiv.2505.14500,
  title  = {Real part of cycle integrals and conjectures of Kaneko},
  author = {Paloma Bengoechea and Sebastián Herrero and Özlem Imamoglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.14500},
  year   = {2025}
}