Atkin–Lehner transport of newforms #
For an exact divisor Q of N, slashing a newform by an Atkin–Lehner matrix gives a
nonzero new eigenvector. Its first Fourier coefficient is therefore nonzero, and dividing
by that coefficient gives a uniquely determined normalized newform. Its nebentypus is
χ ∘ ι_Q, where ι_Q inverts the residue modulo Q and fixes the residue modulo N / Q.
Its good-prime coefficient at p is χ(u)⁻¹ a_p(f), where the CRT unit u has
components p modulo Q and 1 modulo N / Q. If χ = ψ φ is split along these
two moduli, this is ψ(p)⁻¹ a_p(f).
HeckeRing.GL2.Newform.atkinLehnerTransform constructs this normalized newform from
the exact divisor using the canonical matrix. The equation
atkinLehnerNormalizer_smul_atkinLehnerOperatorGamma1Cusp_eq_smul identifies the scalar relating it
to the Petersson-normalized slash, without asserting that this scalar has modulus one.
The characterization atkinLehnerTransform_eq_iff uniquely identifies the newform on that
line and makes it independent of the choice of Atkin–Lehner matrix.
The construction uses the good-prime Hecke intertwining relation, newspace stability, and
HeckeRing.GL2.Newform.ofForallPrime to normalize a new eigenvector.
References #
- A. O. L. Atkin and W.-C. W. Li, Twists of newforms and pseudo-eigenvalues of W-operators, Invent. Math. 48 (1978), 221–243, §1.
- T. Miyake, Modular forms, §4.6.
The first Fourier coefficient of the Atkin–Lehner slash of a newform is nonzero. Thus the slash can be normalized without changing its eigenline.
The normalized newform on the Atkin–Lehner image line of f for the exact divisor Q.
It uses atkinLehnerMatrix N Q; arbitrary matrices give the same normalized slash.
Instances For
The cusp form underlying Atkin–Lehner transport is the canonical normalized slash.
Every Atkin–Lehner matrix gives the canonical transported newform after normalization.
Atkin–Lehner transport inverts the Q-part of the nebentypus.
The Petersson-normalized slash by any matrix is its first Fourier coefficient times the canonical transported newform. This specifies the scalar without a modulus-one claim.
A newform is the canonical Atkin–Lehner transform exactly when its line contains the slash by any chosen Atkin–Lehner matrix. Normalization determines the newform uniquely.
Atkin–Lehner transport at the exact divisor 1 fixes every newform.
Transporting twice by the same exact divisor fixes every newform.
At a good prime p, transport multiplies the Hecke eigenvalue by the inverse of
f.χ at the CRT unit with components p modulo Q and 1 modulo N / Q.
At a good prime p, transport multiplies the Fourier coefficient by the inverse of
f.χ at the CRT unit with components p modulo Q and 1 modulo N / Q.
If the nebentypus is ψ φ along N = Q · (N / Q), the Fourier coefficient of the
transported newform at a good prime p is ψ(p)⁻¹ a_p(f).