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An algebraic property of Hecke operators and two indefinite theta series

  • Vicenţiu Paşol EMAIL logo and Alexandru A. Popa
Published/Copyright: February 22, 2013

Abstract

We prove an algebraic property of the elements defining Hecke operators on period polynomials associated with modular forms, which implies that the pairing on period polynomials corresponding to the Petersson scalar product of modular forms is Hecke equivariant. As a consequence of this proof, we derive two indefinite theta series identities which can be seen as analogues of Jacobi's formula for the theta series associated with the sum of four squares.

Funding source: CNCSIS

Award Identifier / Grant number: PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0259, PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0455

Funding source: European Community

Award Identifier / Grant number: PIRG05-GA-2009-248569

Part of this work was completed at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, which provided financial support and a great working environment. We would like to thank Don Zagier for inspiring conversations.

Received: 2012-8-7
Revised: 2012-10-15
Published Online: 2013-2-22
Published in Print: 2015-3-1

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