An elementary proof of the Eichler-Selberg trace formula

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2018-0035MaRDI QIDQ2180847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexandru A. Popa, Don Zagier

Publication date 15 May 2020

Published in Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.00327

zbMATH Keywords

class numbersEichler-Shimura isomorphismHecke operatorstrace formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) Hecke-Petersson operators, differential operators (one variable) (11F25) Special values of automorphic (L)-series, periods of automorphic forms, cohomology, modular symbols (11F67) Spectral theory; trace formulas (e.g., that of Selberg) (11F72)

Abstract: We give a short proof of the trace formula for Hecke operators on modular forms for the modular group, using the action of Hecke operators on the space of period polynomials.

Review text

The Eichler-Selberg trace formula describes the trace of a Hecke operator on the space modular forms of a given weight in terms of class numbers of binary quadratic forms. Classically, it is derived using (the methods of) the Selberg trace formula, which requires a good amount of analysis. In this nice paper, on the contrary, there is given a purely algebraic proof. By the Eichler-Shimura isomorphism, the space of modular forms is replaced by a space of period polynomials. The key of the proof is the construction of a Hecke operator with special algebraic properties, which imply the trace formula and the Kronecker-Hurwitz class number relation.

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