Differential operators for harmonic weak Maass forms and the vanishing of Hecke eigenvalues

Author: Bruinier Jan  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0025-5831

Source: Mathematische Annalen, Vol.342, Iss.3, 2008-11, pp. : 673-693

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Abstract

For integers k ≥ 2, we study two differential operators on harmonic weak Maass forms of weight 2 − k. The operator ξ2-k (resp. D k-1) defines a map to the space of weight k cusp forms (resp. weakly holomorphic modular forms). We leverage these operators to study coefficients of harmonic weak Maass forms. Although generic harmonic weak Maass forms are expected to have transcendental coefficients, we show that those forms which are “dual” under ξ2-k to newforms with vanishing Hecke eigenvalues (such as CM forms) have algebraic coefficients. Using regularized inner products, we also characterize the image of D k-1.