Skew-holomorphic Jacobi Forms Research Articles

Construction of modular differential equations by using Rankin-Cohen brackets

In this paper, we construct higher-order modular differential equations for elliptic modular forms, holomorphic Jacobi forms, and skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms by using the Rankin-Cohen brackets extended to the Eisenstein series of weight two. Rankin-Cohen brackets are typical tools in the construction of modular forms by differential operators. We introduce the extended Rankin-Cohen brackets for holomorphic or skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms paired with elliptic modular forms. They provide a unified method of construction of higher-order modular differential equations for the modular forms above. In particular, with these extended Rankin-Cohen brackets, we can reproduce the modular differential equations of previous studies.

The modular differential equation for skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms

The modular differential equation for skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms

Attractive strings and five-branes, skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms and moonshine

We show that certain BPS counting functions for both fundamental strings and strings arising from fivebranes wrapping divisors in Calabi-Yau threefolds naturally give rise to skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms at rational and attractor points in the moduli space of string compactifications. For M5-branes wrapping divisors these are forms of weight negative one, and in the case of multiple M5-branes skew-holomorphic mock Jacobi forms arise. We further find that in simple examples these forms are related to skew-holomorphic (mock) Jacobi forms of weight two that play starring roles in moonshine. We discuss examples involving M5-branes on the complex projective plane, del Pezzo surfaces of degree one, and half-K3 surfaces. For del Pezzo surfaces of degree one and certain half-K3 surfaces we find a corresponding graded (virtual) module for the degree twelve Mathieu group. This suggests a more extensive relationship between Mathieu groups and complex surfaces, and a broader role for M5-branes in the theory of Jacobi forms and moonshine.

Computing Jacobi forms

We describe an implementation for computing holomorphic and skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms of integral weight and scalar index on the full modular group. This implementation is based on formulas derived by one of the authors which express Jacobi forms in terms of modular symbols of elliptic modular forms. Since this method allows a Jacobi eigenform to be generated directly from a given modular eigensymbol without reference to the whole ambient space of Jacobi forms, it makes it possible to compute Jacobi Hecke eigenforms of large index. We illustrate our method with several examples.

Cohomological relation between Jacobi forms and skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms

Eichler and Zagier developed a theory of Jacobi forms to understand and extend Maass' work on the Saito-Kurokawa conjecture. Later Skoruppa introduced skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms, which play an important role in understanding liftings of modular forms and Jacobi forms. In this paper, we explain a relation between Jacobi forms and skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms in terms of a group cohomology. More precisely, we introduce an isomorphism from the direct sum of the space of Jacobi cusp forms on and the space of skew-holomorphic Jacobi cusp forms on with the same half-integral weight to the Eichler cohomology group of with a coefficient module coming from polynomials.

ON A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JACOBI CUSP FORMS AND ELLIPTIC CUSP FORMS

In this paper, we prove a generalization of a correspondence between holomorphic Jacobi cusp forms of higher degree (matrix index) and elliptic cusp forms obtained by K. Bringmann [Lifting maps from a vector space of Jacobi cusp forms to a subspace of elliptic modular forms, Math. Z.253 (2006) 735–752], for forms of higher levels (for congruence subgroups). To achieve this, we make use of the method adopted by M. Manickam and the first author in Sec. 3 of [On Shimura, Shintani and Eichler–Zagier correspondences, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.352 (2000) 2601–2617], who obtained similar correspondence in the degree one case. We also derive a similar correspondence in the case of skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms (matrix index and for congruence subgroups). Such results in the degree one case (for the full group) were obtained by N.-P. Skoruppa [Developments in the theory of Jacobi forms, in Automorphic Functions and Their Applications, Khabarovsk, 1988 (Acad. Sci. USSR, Inst. Appl. Math., Khabarovsk, 1990), pp. 168–185; Binary quadratic forms and the Fourier coefficients of elliptic and Jacobi modular forms, J. Reine Angew. Math.411 (1990) 66–95] and by M. Manickam [Newforms of half-integral weight and some problems on modular forms, Ph.D. thesis, University of Madras (1989)].

Kohnen’s limit process for real-analytic Siegel modular forms

Kohnen introduced a limit process for Siegel modular forms that produces Jacobi forms. He asked if there is a space of real-analytic Siegel modular forms such that skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms arise via this limit process. In this paper, we initiate the study of harmonic skew-Maass–Jacobi forms and harmonic Siegel–Maass forms. We improve a result of Maass on the Fourier coefficients of harmonic Siegel–Maass forms, which allows us to establish a connection to harmonic skew-Maass–Jacobi forms. In particular, we answer Kohnen’s question in the affirmative.

Classification of the space spanned by theta series and applications

We determine a class of functions spanned by theta series of higher degree. We give two applications: A simple proof of the inversion formula of such theta series and a classification of skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms.

Skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms of index 1 and Siegel modular forms of half-integral weight

The isomorphism between Kohnen's plus space and Jacobi forms of index 1 was given by Eichler–Zagier. In this article, we generalize this isomorphism for higher degree in the case of skew-holomorphic Jacobi forms.

On the characterization of skew-holomorphic Jacobi-forms

On the characterization of skew-holomorphic Jacobi-forms