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Traces of singular values of Hauptmoduln

Number Theory 2019-10-16 v2

Abstract

In an important paper, Zagier proved that certain half-integral weight modular forms are generating functions for traces of polynomials in the jj-function. It turns out that Zagier's work makes it possible to algorithmically compute Hilbert class polynomials using a canonical family of modular forms of weight 32\frac{3}{2}. We generalize these results and consider Haupmoduln for levels 1,2,3,5,7,1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 1313. We show that traces of singular values of polynomials in Haupmoduln are again described by coefficients of half-integral weight modular forms. This realization makes it possible to algorithmically compute class polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4479,
  title  = {Traces of singular values of Hauptmoduln},
  author = {Lea Beneish and Hannah Larson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4479},
  year   = {2019}
}