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J. E. Cremona

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arXiv2026

Hecke operators, Hecke Eigensystems, and Formal Modular Forms over Number Fields

We develop an explicit theory of formal modular forms over arbitrary number fields $K$, as functions of modular points. We define modular points for $Γ_0({\mathfrak n})$ and $Γ_1({\mathfrak n})$, where the level ${\mathfrak n}$ is an integral ideal of $K$; Hecke operators and generalized Atkin-Lehner operators as functions of modular points; and associated Hecke eigensystems. We show how complete eigensystems may be recovered, uniquely up to unramified quadratic twist, from their restrictions to principal Hecke operators, and we give explicit formulas for principal operators suitable for machine computation. These have been implemented by the author in the case of imaginary quadratic fields, and used in his systematic computation of Bianchi cusp forms, which are available in the L-functions and modular forms database (LMFDB). While our description incorporates the classical theory for $K={\mathbb Q}$, and also extends work of the author and his students for imaginary quadratic fields, it applies to arbitrary number fields, and may be useful in the computation of spaces of automorphic forms for GL$(2,K)$ over number fields, whether via modular symbols or other methods.

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arXiv2026

Lattice coverings and homogeneous covering congruences

We consider the problem of covering $\mathbb{Z}^2$ with a finite number of sublattices of finite index, satisfying a simple minimality or non-degeneracy condition. We show how this problem may be viewed as a projective (or homogeneous) version of the well-known problem of covering systems of congruences. We give a construction of minimal coverings which produces many, but not all, minimal coverings, and determine all minimal coverings with at most $8$ sublattices.

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arXiv2021

Local and global densities for Weierstrass models of elliptic curves

We prove local results on the $p$-adic density of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with different reduction types, together with global results on densities of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ with specified reduction types at one or more (including infinitely many) primes. These global results include: the density of integral Weierstrass equations which are minimal models of semistable elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ (that is, elliptic curves with square-free conductor) is $1/ζ(2)\approx60.79\%$, the same as the density of square-free integers; the density of semistable elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ is $ζ(10)/ζ(2)\approx60.85\%$; the density of integral Weierstrass equations which have square-free discriminant is $\prod_p\left(1-\frac{2}{p^2}+\frac{1}{p^3}\right) \approx 42.89\%$, which is the same (except for a different factor at the prime $2$) as the density of monic integral cubic polynomials with square-free discriminant (and agrees with a previous result of Baier and Browning for short Weierstrass equations); and the density of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ with square-free minimal discriminant is $ζ(10)\prod_p\left(1-\frac{2}{p^2}+\frac{1}{p^3}\right)\approx42.93\%$. The local results derive from a detailed analysis of Tate's Algorithm, while the global ones are obtained through the use of the Ekedahl Sieve, as developed by Poonen, Stoll, and Bhargava.

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arXiv2015

What is the probability that a random integral quadratic form in $n$ variables has an integral zero?

We show that the density of quadratic forms in $n$ variables over $\mathbb Z_p$ that are isotropic is a rational function of $p$, where the rational function is independent of $p$, and we determine this rational function explicitly. When real quadratic forms in $n$ variables are distributed according to the Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble (GOE) of random matrix theory, we determine explicitly the probability that a random such real quadratic form is isotropic (i.e., indefinite). As a consequence, for each $n$, we determine an exact expression for the probability that a random integral quadratic form in $n$ variables is isotropic (i.e., has a nontrivial zero over $\mathbb Z$), when these integral quadratic forms are chosen according to the GOE distribution. In particular, we find an exact expression for the probability that a random integral quaternary quadratic form has an integral zero; numerically, this probability is approximately $98.3\%$.

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