Double interlacing between zeros of modular forms (Q2688350)

In thist work, the authors consider the problem of double interlacing between zeros of modular forms. Let \(k\geq 4\) be an even integer and let \[ E_{k}(z)=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{(c,d)\in \mathbb{Z}^{2}}\frac{1}{(cz+d)^{k}} \] be the normalized Eisenstein series of weight \(k\) for \(\mathrm{SL}(2, \mathbb{Z}\)) with \((c,d)=1\). It is known that the modular \(j\)-invariant \[ j(z)=\frac{1728E_{4}^{3}(z)}{E_{4}^{3}(z)-E_{6}^{2}(z)} \] defines a one-to-one correspondence from \[ \left\{\frac{-1}{2}+iy:y>\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\}\cup \left\{e^{i\theta}:\frac{\pi}{2}\leq \theta \leq \frac{2\pi}{3}\right\}\cup \left\{iy:y>1\right\} \] to the real line \[ \mathbb{R}=(-\infty ,0)\cup \lbrack 0,1728]\cup (1728,\infty ). \] For an even integer \(k\geq 10\), they prove that the \(j\)-invariants of the non-elliptic zeros of \[ aE_{2k}(z)-E_{k}^{2}(z) \] for \(a>2.63\) and \[ bE_{2k}(z)+E_{k}^{2}(z) \] for \(b>0\) are real and doubly interlace.