Even values of Ramanujan's tau-function

DOI10.1007/S44007-021-00005-8zbMATH Open1499.11182arXiv2102.00111OpenAlexW4205173390MaRDI QIDQ2153127FDOQ2153127

Authors: Jennifer S. Balakrishnan, Ken Ono, Wei-Lun Tsai 

Publication date: 1 July 2022

Published in: La Matematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the spirit of Lehmer's speculation that Ramanujan's tau-function never vanishes, it is natural to ask whether any given integer $alpha$ is a value of $au(n)$. For odd $alpha$, Murty, Murty, and Shorey proved that $au(n)eqalpha$ for sufficiently large $n$. Several recent papers have identified explicit examples of odd $alpha$ which are not tau-values. Here we apply these results (most notably the recent work of Bennett, Gherga, Patel, and Siksek) to offer the first examples of even integers that are not tau-values. Namely, for primes $ell$ we find that ${\displaystyle }$ au(n)

ot in { pm 2ell  : 3leq ell< 100} cup {pm 2ell^2  : 3leq ell <100} cup {pm 2ell^3  : 3leq ell<100 { ext { m with $elleq59$}}}.${\displaystyle }$ Moreover, we obtain such results for infinitely many powers of each prime $3leqell<100$. As an example, for $ell=97$ we prove that ${\displaystyle }$ au(n) ot in { 2cdot 97^j  : 1leq j

ot equiv 0pmod{44}}cup {-2cdot 97^j  : jgeq 1}.${\displaystyle }$ The method of proof applies mutatis mutandis to newforms with residually reducible mod 2 Galois representation and is easily adapted to generic newforms with integer coefficients.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.00111

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zbMATH Keywords

modular formsLehmer's conjecturenewformsRamanujan's tau-function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms (11F30)

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