Application of symbolic manipulation to the Hecke transformations of modular forms in two variables. II (Q1089376)

In the first part of this work [Math. Comput. 48, 139-146 (1987; see the preceding review)] it was shown that the nonsymmetric modular forms for \({\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{2})\) can be effectively generated by Hecke transformations on the symmetric forms, which are better known and more easily constructed. We show that the nonsymmetric forms need not be known in advance, indeed the polynomial equations defining them in terms of symmetric forms can be derived by symbolic manipulation. The computation was performed using MACSYMA on a DEC VAX computer and came close to the limit of the machine's speed and capacity.