The Eichler Commutation Relation for theta series with spherical harmonics

Lynne H. Walling

Acta Arithmetica (1993)

  • Volume: 63, Issue: 3, page 233-254
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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It is well known that classical theta series which are attached to positive definite rational quadratic forms yield elliptic modular forms, and linear combinations of theta series attached to lattices in a fixed genus can yield both cusp forms and Eisenstein series whose weight is one-half the rank of the quadratic form. In contrast, generalized theta series - those augmented with a spherical harmonic polynomial - will always yield cusp forms whose weight is increased by the degree of the spherical harmonic. A recent demonstration of the far-reaching importance of generalized theta series is Hijikata, Pizer and Shemanske's solution to Eichler's Basis Problem [4] (cf. [2]) in which character twists of such theta series are used to provide a basis for the space of newforms. In this paper we consider theta series with spherical harmonics over a totally real number field. We show that such theta series are Hilbert modular cusp forms whose weight is integral or half-integral, depending on the rank of the associated lattice. We explicitly describe the action of the Hecke operators on these theta series in terms of other theta series, yielding a generalization of the well-known Eichler Commutation Relation. Finally, we use these theta series to construct Hilbert modular forms which are invariant under a subalgebra of the Hecke algebra. We are able to show that if the quadratic form has rank m and the spherical harmonic has degree l, then the theta series attached to the genus of a lattice is identically zero whenever l is small relative to m; in particular, the associated collection of theta series are linearly dependent.

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Lynne H. Walling. "The Eichler Commutation Relation for theta series with spherical harmonics." Acta Arithmetica 63.3 (1993): 233-254. <http://eudml.org/doc/206519>.

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author = {Lynne H. Walling},
journal = {Acta Arithmetica},
keywords = {Eichler commutation relation; integral weight; theta series with spherical harmonics; Hilbert modular cusp forms; half-integral weight; Hecke operators; Hilbert modular forms},
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title = {The Eichler Commutation Relation for theta series with spherical harmonics},
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