The Eichler integral as an integral #
The (n + 1)-fold Eichler integral E_{n+1} f = ∑ (h / m)ⁿ⁺¹ aₘ qᵐ of
TauCeti.NumberTheory.ModularForms.EichlerIntegral.Basic is defined by its q-expansion. When
the constant term a₀ of f vanishes, it is also the integral
E_{n+1} f (τ) = (-2πi)ⁿ⁺¹ / n! · ∫_τ^{i∞} f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz
along the vertical ray from τ to i∞, parametrized as z = τ + i t for t > 0. Along the
ray qᵐ decays like e^{-2πmt/h}, so termwise this is the Gamma integral
∫₀^∞ tⁿ e^{-ct} dt = n! / cⁿ⁺¹ at c = 2πm / h.
For a cusp form f of weight k = n + 2, the integrand f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz is the period integrand
of f against the binary form (X - τY)ⁿ, so this representation ties the Eichler integral to
the periods of f. It is one input to the transformation law: E_{k-1} f transforms in weight
2 - k up to a polynomial in τ of degree at most k - 2 whose coefficients are periods of f.
Proving that law also needs the substitution z ↦ γz in this integral and path independence for
integrals from a point of ℍ to a cusp, since γ moves the vertical ray to a path with different
endpoints. Neither is part of this file.
Main results #
TauCeti.eichlerIntegral_eq_integral: the integral representation, for a holomorphic periodic function bounded ati∞with vanishing constant term.TauCeti.CuspFormClass.eichlerIntegral_eq_integral: the integral representation for a cusp form.TauCeti.integrableOn_eichlerIntegrand,TauCeti.CuspFormClass.integrableOn_eichlerIntegrand: the integrand is integrable along the ray, under the same hypotheses.
References #
- G. Shimura, Introduction to the arithmetic theory of automorphic functions, §8.2.
- W. Kohnen, D. Zagier, Modular forms with rational periods, in Modular forms (Durham, 1983), Ellis Horwood, 1984, 197–249.
If f is holomorphic, h-periodic and bounded at i∞ with vanishing constant term a₀,
then the period integrand f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz is integrable along the vertical ray z = τ + i t,
t > 0.
The Eichler integral as an integral: if f is holomorphic, h-periodic and bounded at
i∞ with vanishing constant term a₀, then
E_{n+1} f (τ) = (-2πi)ⁿ⁺¹ / n! · ∫_τ^{i∞} f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz,
the integral taken along the vertical ray z = τ + i t, t > 0. The integrand is integrable by
TauCeti.integrableOn_eichlerIntegrand.
For a cusp form f, the period integrand f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz is integrable along the vertical
ray z = τ + i t, t > 0.
The Eichler integral of a cusp form as an integral: for a cusp form f,
E_{n+1} f (τ) = (-2πi)ⁿ⁺¹ / n! · ∫_τ^{i∞} f(z) (z - τ)ⁿ dz,
the integral taken along the vertical ray z = τ + i t, t > 0. For a cusp form of weight
k ≥ 2 and n = k - 2, this is the classical integral formula for its Eichler integral.