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Self-intersection of the relative dualizing sheaf on modular curves X(N)

Number Theory 2022-05-24 v1

Abstract

Let N3N\geq 3 be a composite, odd, and square-free integer and let Γ\Gamma be the principal congruence subgroup of level NN. Let X(N)X(N) be the modular curve of genus gΓg_{\Gamma} associated to Γ\Gamma. In this article, we study the Arakelov invariant e(Γ)=ωˉ2/φ(N)e(\Gamma)=\bar{\omega}^2/\varphi(N), with ωˉ2\bar{\omega}^2 denoting the self-intersection of the relative dualizing sheaf for the minimal regular model of X(N)X(N), equipped with the Arakelov metric, and φ(N)\varphi(N) is the Euler's phi function. Our main result is the asymptotics e(Γ)=2gΓlog(N)+o(gΓlog(N))e(\Gamma) = 2g_{\Gamma}\log(N) + o(g_{\Gamma}\log(N)), as the level NN tends to infinity.

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@article{arxiv.2205.11437,
  title  = {Self-intersection of the relative dualizing sheaf on modular curves X(N)},
  author = {Miguel Grados and Anna-Maria von Pippich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11437},
  year   = {2022}
}