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Sums of quadratic functions with two discriminants

Number Theory 2020-06-29 v1

Abstract

Zagier in [4] discusses a construction of a function Fk,D(x)F_{k,D}(x) defined for an even integer k2k \geq 2, and a positive discriminant DD. This construction is intimately related to half-integral weight modular forms. In particular, the average value of this function is a constant multiple of the DD-th Fourier coefficient of weight k+1/2k+1/2 Eisenstein series constructed by H. Cohen in \cite{Cohen}. In this note we consider a construction which works both for even and odd positive integers kk. Our function Fk,D,d(x)F_{k,D,d}(x) depends on two discriminants dd and DD with signs sign(d)=(d)= sign(D)=(1)k(D)=(-1)^k, degenerates to Zagier's function when d=1d=1, namely, Fk,D,1(x)=Fk,D(x), F_{k,D,1}(x)=F_{k,D}(x), and has very similar properties. In particular, we prove that the average value of Fk,D,d(x)F_{k,D,d}(x) is again a Fourier coefficient of H. Cohen's Eisenstein series of weight k+1/2k+1/2, while now the integer k2k \geq 2 is allowed to be both even and odd.

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@article{arxiv.1703.07951,
  title  = {Sums of quadratic functions with two discriminants},
  author = {Ka Lun Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.07951},
  year   = {2020}
}