On the motive of Kummer varieties associated to _1(7). Supplement to the paper ``The modularity of certain non-rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds by R. Livné and N. Yui
Galois representations (11F80) (L)-functions of varieties over global fields; Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (11G40) Zeta functions and related questions in algebraic geometry (e.g., Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) (14G10) Arithmetic ground fields for surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J20) Elliptic surfaces, elliptic or Calabi-Yau fibrations (14J27) (K3) surfaces and Enriques surfaces (14J28) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32)
This article serves as a supplement to the paper ``The modularity of certain non-rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds by \textit{R. Livné} and \textit{N. Yui} [J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 45, No. 4, 645--665 (2005; Zbl 1106.14025)]. In that paper they consider Calabi-Yau threefolds which possess a non-isotrivial semistable \(K3\)-fibration with 6 singular fibers, the minimal number of singular fibers of such a fibration [\textit{X. Sun, S.-L. Tan} and \textit{K. Zuo}, Math. Res. Lett. 10, No. 2--3, 323--342 (2003; Zbl 1100.14004)] by the Arakelov-Yau bound. In this case the base curve must be a modular curve. The authors start with the list of 9 torsion-free genus 0 congruence subgroups of \(\text{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\) of index 24 and lift them to \(\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\). In four of these examples, the lifted group \(\tilde{\Gamma}\) contains \(\Gamma(2)\). In these four cases, the authors construct Calabi-Yau threefolds using a Kummer construction and show that the resulting threefolds are associated to modular forms. In the present paper, the authors construct Calabi-Yau threefolds in the remaining five cases. The authors concentrate on the \(\Gamma_1(7)\) case, although their methods generalize to the other cases. The starting point is the universal elliptic curve \(Y(\Gamma_1(7))\) with a group of sections of order 7. The authors show that the curve \(B\) of non-zero 2-torsion points is an elliptic curve defined over \(\mathbb{Q}\) with conductor 14; its \(L\)-series is the series whose inverse Mellin transform is the weight 2 modular form \(\eta(\tau) \eta(2\tau) \eta(7\tau) \eta(14\tau)\), where \(\eta\) is the Dedekind function. The Calabi-Yau threefold \(X\) the authors construct is obtained by taking the product of \(Y(\Gamma_1(7))\) with an elliptic curve, quotienting out by the fibrewise involution \((-1)\) and blowing up the double point locus. They then show that the \(L\)-series of \(H^3(X)\) is given by \(L(g_3 \otimes g_2^E,s) L(g_2^E, s-1)^9 L(g_2^B, s-1)^4\), where \(g_2^E\) and \(g_2^B\) are the weight 2 modular forms associated to the elliptic curves \(E\) and \(B\) respectively and \(g_3\) is the weight 3 modular form associated to the lattice of transcendental cycles in \(Y(\Gamma_1(7))\). The verification of the \(L\)-series of \(X\) can also be done independently by counting points on \(X\) defined over finite fields and using the Lefschetz fixed point theorem applied to the Frobenius automorphism.
This page was built for publication: On the motive of Kummer varieties associated to \(\Gamma_1(7)\). Supplement to the paper ``The modularity of certain non-rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds by R. Livné and N. Yui
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2494632)
