A short note on sign changes and non-vanishing of Fourier coefficients of half-integral weight cusp forms (Q2673549)

Let \(g:=\sum_{m=1}^{\infty} c(m)q^m \in S_{k+1/2}^+ \) be a cusp form in the Kohnen plus space with real Fourier coefficients. Consider the linear map \(L\) from the space of cusp forms of weight \(k\) to the Kohnen plus space of cusp forms of weight \(k+1/2\) given by \(f(z) \mapsto f(4z)\theta(z)\) where \(\theta(z)\) is the standard theta function. Let us denote by \(L^*\) the linear map adjoint to \(L\) with respect to the Petersson scalar products from the Kohnen plus space of cusp forms of weight \(k+1/2\) to the space of cusp forms of weight \(k\). Suppose that \(L^*g\) is a normalized Hecke eigenform. Then in the paper under review, the author studies study sign changes and non-vanishing properties of the double sequence \((c(4n+r^2))_{n \geq 1, r \in \mathbb{Z}}\) of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms of half-integral weight and he shows that those double coefficient series have infinitely many sign changes. The proofs of the two main theorems are based on the analytical calculations via the modular forms theory. It is also interesting to note that the cited paper as [``Fast computation of half integral weight modular forms'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:2010.11239}] from 2020 of the reviewer and \textit{G. Wiese} hasn't been published till the date of review, though it is described a ``good'' paper in the paper under review. This may be related with the chaotic review process after pandemic and/or awful editorial process by the number theory journals.