The Theory of Jacobi Forms

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Progress in Mathematics 55 Series Editors: Hyman Bass · Joseph Oesterlé · Yuri Tschinkel · Alan Weinstein

Martin Eichler · Don Zagier

The Theory of Jacobi Forms

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Progress in Mathematics. Vol. 55 Edited by J. Coates and S. Helgason

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Martin Eiehier Don Zagier The Theory of

Jacobi Forms

1985 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Authors Martin Eiehier im Lee 27 CH-4144 Arlesheim (Switzerland)

Don Zagier Department of Mathematies University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 (USA)

Ubrary oj Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Eiehler, M. (Martin) The theory of J aeobi forms. (Progress in mathematies ; v. 55) Bibliography: p. 1. Jaeobi forms. 2. Forms, Modular. 1. Zagier, Don, 1951II. Title. III. Series: Progress in mathematies (Boston, Mass.} ; v. 55. QA243.E36 1985 512.9'44 84-28250

CIP-Kurztitelau/nahme der Deutschen Bibliothek Eichler, Martin: The theory of J aeobi forms I Martin Eiehier ; Don Zagier. Boston ; Basel ; Stuttgart : Birkhäuser, 1985. (Progress in mathematies ; Vol. 55)

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C 0 N T E NTS

Introduction

1

Notations . .

7

Basic Properties

8

Jacobi forms and the Jacobi group

2.

Eisenstein series and cusp forms .

17

3.

Taylor expansions of Jacobi forms

28

Application: 4. II.

III.

8

1.

37

Jacobi forms of index one

41

Hecke operators

Relations with Other Types of Modular Forms

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57

5.

Jacobi forms and modular forms of half. . . . . integral weight . . . .

57

6.

Fourier-Jacobi expansions of Siegel modular forms and the Saito-Kurokawa conjecture

72

7.

Jacobi theta series and a theorem of Waldspurger

81

89

The Ring of Jacobi Forms

89

8.

Basic structure theorems

9.

Explicit description of the space of Jacobi forms. 100 Examples of Jacobi forms of index greater than 1

10.

Discussion of the formula for

11.

Zeros of Jacobi forms

..

dim Jk,m

113 121 133

Tables

141

Bibliography

146

INTRODUCTION The functions studied in this monogra9h are a cross between elliptic functions and modular forms in one variable.

Specifically,

we define a Jacobi form on SL 2 (~) to be a holomorphic function (JC = upper half-plane) satisfying the t\-10 transformatio n eouations

(1)

) z ( a-r +b cp CT +d ' CT +d

(2)

rjl(T, z+h+]l)

(cT+d)

k

e

2Tiimcz· CT +d

cp(T,z)

and having a Four·ier expansion of the form

2:: 2: n=O 00

cp(T,z)

(3)

c(n,r)

e2Tii(nT +rz)

rE~

r Here

k

2

~ 4nm

m are natural numbers, called the weight and index of

and

Note that th e function

respectively.

rp,

cp (T, 0) is an ordinary modular z-+rjl(