A modular framework for generalized Hurwitz class numbers I
Abstract
We discover a non-trivial relation between the mock modular generating functions of the level and level Hurwitz class numbers. This relation yields a holomorphic modular form of weight and level , where is stipulated to be odd and square-free. We extend this observation to a non-holomorphic framework and obtain a higher level non-holomorphic Zagier Eisenstein series as well as a preimage of it under the differential operator . All of these observations are deduced from a more general inspection of a certain weight Maass--Eisenstein series of level at its spectral point . This idea goes back to Duke, Imamo\={g}lu and T\'{o}th in level and relies on the theory of so-called sesquiharmonic Maass forms. We calculate the Fourier expansion of and . We conclude by offering examples if or as well as some questions for future work.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2403.17829,
title = {A modular framework for generalized Hurwitz class numbers I},
author = {Olivia Beckwith and Andreas Mono},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17829},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
final version, to appear in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society