Hecke operators with respect to the modular group of quaternions (Q2640638)

The author deals with those modular forms over the Hurwitz integral quaternions which are analogous to Siegel modular forms for the full symplectic group over \({\mathbb{Z}}\). He first continues his study of the corresponding Hecke operators [begun in Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Math. Sci. 97, 201-229 (1987; Zbl 0659.10027)] and obtains results on simultaneous eigenforms, e.g. Siegel-Eisenstein series. He then deals with those theta-series of degree n and weight k divisible by 4 which over the Hurwitz quaternions correspond to degree n theta-series of positive definite even unimodular quadratic forms over \({\mathbb{Z}}\). It is shown that the space spanned by them is stable under part of the Hecke algebra, and Hecke operators are used to obtain Siegel's formula in the case when 4n-2 is smaller than k.