On newforms of half-integral weight and Jacobi forms (Q1668847)

Let \(N\) be odd and square-free integer. Let \(\alpha\) be a positive integer with \(\alpha=2\) or \(\alpha=5\). Let \(\chi\) modulo \(N\) be a Dirichlet character and let \(\chi_0=(\frac{4 \chi(-1) }{\cdot} ) \chi.\) Let \(\chi\) and \(\chi^2\) are primitive characters mod \(N\), if \(\alpha=2\); \(\chi\) is the principal character if \(\alpha = 5\). In this constructive paper under review, the authors set up the theory of newforms for the space of cusp forms of weight \(k+1/2\) for \(\Gamma_0 (2^\alpha N)\) with character \(\chi_0\). Moreover, they prove that the space of newforms of weight \(k+1/2\) for \(\Gamma_0(32N)\) is trivial. Also, they set up the theory of newforms for the space of Jacobi cusp forms and skew-holomorphic Jacobi cusp forms. To obtain the results, they use the dimension formulas for the respective spaces of integral and half-integral weight cusp forms and the existence of non-zero Shintani lifts on each of the normalised Hecke eigenforms of integral weight. The paper is well organized and clearly written as well as it filled some gap in the theory of newforms of half-integral weight and Jacobi forms.