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The Eisenstein ideal at prime-square level has constant rank

Number Theory 2025-01-09 v1

Abstract

Let NN and pp be prime numbers with p5p \geq 5 such that p(N+1)p || (N + 1). In a previous paper, we showed that there is a cuspform ff of weight 2 and level Γ0(N2)\Gamma_0(N^2) whose \ell-th Fourier coefficient is congruent to +1\ell + 1 modulo a prime above pp for all primes \ell. In this paper, we prove that this form ff is unique up to Galois conjugacy, and the extension of Zp\mathbb{Z}_p generated by the coefficients of ff is exactly Zp[ζp+ζp1]\mathbb{Z}_p[\zeta_p + \zeta_p^{-1}]. We also prove similar results when a higher power of pp divides N+1N + 1.

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@article{arxiv.2501.04162,
  title  = {The Eisenstein ideal at prime-square level has constant rank},
  author = {Jaclyn Lang and Preston Wake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.04162},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages

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