Communications in Number Theory and Physics

Volume 7 (2013)

Number 4

Automorphic forms for triangle groups

Pages: 689 – 737

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/CNTP.2013.v7.n4.a4

Authors

Charles F. Doran (Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

Terry Gannon (Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

Hossein Movasati (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Khosro M. Shokri (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Abstract

For triangle groups, the (quasi-)automorphic forms are known just as explicitly as for the modular group $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$. We collect these expressions here, and then interpret them using the Halphen differential equation. We study the arithmetic properties of their Fourier coefficients at cusps and Taylor coefficients at elliptic fixed-points — in both cases integrality is related to the arithmeticity of the triangle group. As an application of our formulas, we provide an explicit modular interpretation of periods of 14 families of Calabi-Yau three-folds over the thrice-punctured sphere.

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Published 26 June 2014