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Ben Kane

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arXiv2024

Odd moments for the trace of Frobenius and the Sato--Tate conjecture in arithmetic progressions

In this paper, we consider the moments of the trace of Frobenius of elliptic curves if the trace is restricted to a fixed arithmetic progression. We determine the asymptotic behavior for the ratio of the $(2k+1)$-th moment to the zeroeth moment as the size of the finite field $\mathbb{F}_{p^r}$ goes to infinity. These results follow from similar asymptotic formulas relating sums and moments of Hurwitz class numbers where the sums are restricted to certain arithmetic progressions. As an application, we prove that the distribution of the trace of Frobenius in arithmetic progressions is equidistributed with respect to the Sato--Tate measure.

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arXiv2024

Theta series of ternary quadratic lattice cosets

In this paper, we consider the decomposition of theta series for lattice cosets of ternary lattices. We show that the natural decomposition into an Eisenstein series, a unary theta function, and a cuspidal form which is orthogonal to unary theta functions correspond to the theta series for the genus, the deficiency of the theta series for the spinor genus from that of the genus, and the deficiency of the theta series for the class from that of the spinor genus, respectively. These three pieces are hence invariants of the genus, spinor genus, and class, respectively, extending known results for lattices and verifying a conjecture of the first author and Haensch. We furthermore extend the definition of $p$-neighbors to include lattice cosets and construct an algorithm to compute respresentatives for the classes in the genus or spinor genus via the $p$-neighborhoods.

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arXiv2023

Eisenstein series part of the primitive representations for even rank quadratic forms

In this paper, we first investigate the relationship between the number of primitive representations of $n$ by quadratic forms and the number of non-primitive ones. We hence obtain a theorem to deal with the Eisenstein series part with quadratic Dirichlet character when deriving the formula for the number of primitive representations of an integer $n$ by even rank quadratic forms from the number of non primitive ones. Formulas for special cases are given as examples.

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arXiv2023

The mass of shifted lattices and class numbers of inhomogeneous quadratic polynomials

In this paper, we investigate class numbers of shifted quadratic lattices $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ with $\boldsymbol{u}\in L$ and odd conductor $c\in \mathbb{N}$. For a lattice $L$ whose genus only contains one class, we determine a lower bound for the number of classes in the genus of $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ depending on $c$. As a result, we obtain an explicit bound $c_0$ such that any such shifted lattice with one class in its genus must have conductor smaller than $c_0$, restricting the possible choices of such $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ to a finite set.

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arXiv2023

On finiteness theorems for sums of generalized polygonal numbers

In this paper, we consider mixed sums of generalized polygonal numbers. Specifically, we obtain a finiteness condition for universality of such sums; this means that it suffices to check representability of a finite subset of the positive integers in order to conclude that the sum of generalized polygonal numbers represents every positive integer. The sub-class of sums of generalized polygonal numbers which we consider is those sums of $m_j$-gonal numbers for which $\operatorname{lcm}(m_1-2,\dots,m_{r}-2)\leq \mathfrak{M}$ and we obtain a bound on the asymptotic growth of a constant $Γ_{\mathfrak{M}}$ such that it suffices to check the representability condition for $n\leq Γ_{\mathfrak{M}}$.

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arXiv2023

Generalized $L$-functions related to the Riemann zeta function

In this paper, we construct generalized $L$-functions associated to meromorphic modular forms of weight $\frac12$ for the theta group with a single simple pole in the fundamental domain. We then consider their behaviour towards $i\infty$ and relate this to the Riemann zeta function.

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arXiv2023

Hecke eigenforms for meromorphic cusp forms

In this paper, we construct Hecke eigenforms for two families of quotient spaces of meromorphic cusp forms on $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$. We show that each quotient space in the first (resp. second family) is isomorphic as a Hecke module to the space $S_{2k}$ (resp. $M_{2k}$) of cusp forms (resp. holomorphic modular forms) of the same weight on $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.

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arXiv2022

Explicit Class number formulas for Siegel--Weil averages of ternary quadratic forms

In this paper, we investigate the interplay between positive-definite integral ternary quadratic forms and class numbers. We generalize a result of Jones relating the theta function for the genus of a quadratic form to the Hurwitz class numbers, obtaining an asymptotic formula (with a main term and error term away from finitely many bad square classes $t_j\mathbb{Z}^2$) relating the number of lattices points in a quadratic space of a given norm with a sum of class numbers related to that norm and the squarefree part of the discriminant of the quadratic form on this lattice.

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arXiv2022

Distribution of moments of Hurwitz class numbers in arithmetic progressions and holomorphic projection

In this paper, we study moments of Hurwitz class numbers associated to imaginary quadratic orders restricted into fixed arithmetic progressions. In particular, we fix $t$ in an arithmetic progression $t\equiv m\pmod{M}$ and consider the ratio of the $2k$-th moment to the zeroeth moment for $H(4n-t^2)$ as one varies $n$. The special case $n=p^r$ yields as a consequence asymptotic formulas for moments of the trace $t\equiv m\pmod{M}$ of Frobenius on elliptic curves over finite fields with $p^r$ elements.

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arXiv2022

Universal sums of generalized heptagonal numbers

In this paper, we consider representations of integers as sums of generalized heptagonal numbers with a prescribed number of repeats of each heptagonal number appearing in the sum. In particular, we investigate the classification of such sums which are universal, i.e., those that represent every positive integer. We prove an explicit finite bound such that a given sum is universal if and only if it represents positive integer up to the given bound.

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arXiv2021

Conjectures of Sun about sums of polygonal numbers

In this paper, we show that certain sums of generalized $m$-gonal numbers represent every positive integer if and only if they represent every positive integer up to an explicit bound $C_m$, verifying a conjecture of Sun for sufficiently large positive integers.

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arXiv2021

Fractional partitions and conjectures of Chern-Fu-Tang and Heim-Neuhauser

Many papers have studied inequalities for partition functions. Recently, a number of papers have considered mixtures between additive and multiplicative behavior in such inequalities. In particular, Chern-Fu-Tang and Heim-Neuhauser gave conjectures on inequalities for coefficients of powers of the generating partition function. These conjectures were posed in the context of colored partitions and the Nekrasov-Okounkov formula. Here, we study the precise size of differences of products of two such coefficients. This allows us to prove the Chern-Fu-Tang conjecture and to show the Heim-Neuhauser conjecture in a certain range. The explicit error terms provided will also be useful in the future study of partition inequalities. These are laid out in a user-friendly way for the researcher in combinatorics interested in such analytic questions.

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arXiv2021

On $t$-core and self-conjugate $(2t-1)$-core partitions in arithmetic progressions

We extend recent results of Ono and Raji, relating the number of self-conjugate $7$-core partitions to Hurwitz class numbers. Furthermore, we give a combinatorial explanation for the curious equality $2\operatorname{sc}_7(8n+1) = \operatorname{c}_4(7n+2)$. We also conjecture that an equality of this shape holds if and only if $t=4$, proving the cases $t\in\{2,3,5\}$ and giving partial results for $t>5$.

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arXiv2020

Sign changes of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms of half-integral weight over split and inert primes in quadratic number fields

In this paper, we investigate sign changes of Fourier coefficients of half-integral weight cusp forms. In a fixed square class $t\mathbb{Z}^2$, we investigate the sign changes in the $tp^2$-th coefficient as $p$ runs through the split or inert primes over the ring of integers in a quadratic extension of the rationals. We show that sign changes occur in both sets of primes when there exists a prime dividing the discriminant of the field which does not divide the level of the cusp form and find an explicit condition that determines whether sign changes occur when every prime dividing the discriminant also divides the level.

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