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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 iii Paper 29 4 a Solution by
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Write . For a positive-determinant real matrix , extend the slash operator for modular forms byLet be the integral matrices of determinant . Each left orbit has a unique representative with , , . To obtain it, the Euclidean algorithm on the first column produces with ; the determinant fixes , and a row shear reduces modulo . This also proves uniqueness.
Define the normalized Hecke operatorRight multiplication by permutes these left orbits, and the slash operation is associative. Hence the sum satisfies the same modular form transformation law. It is holomorphic on since each argument stays there.
For , summing the phase over gives zero unless , and gives when . For the resulting term to contribute to , one needs and . Its scalar factor is . Thuswhere . All powers are nonnegative, so the sum is holomorphic at infinity and belongs to ; level one has only this modular cusp class. Its constant coefficient is , so modular cusp forms are preserved. This is the full Fourier coefficients of a composite-index Hecke operator formula, including the constant term.
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