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 -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 . We generalize these results and consider Haupmoduln for levels and . 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}
}