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Let $f= sum_{n=1}^{infty}a_nq^n in S_2^{new}(N)$ be a normalized new form of weight $2$ with respect to $Gamma_0(N)$ and assume $p|N$ is a prime. Then must $a_p=0$ if $p^2|N$ and belongs to ${-1,1}$ if $p|N$?



If $f$ has rational coefficients, then this can be seen from the corresponding modular elliptic curve as $N$ is the conductor.



So here I don't assume $f$ has rational coefficients so then the definition field $K_f$ may be large than $mathbb Q$. Then again there is a modular abelian variety, but it's subtle because the $L$-function of the abelian variety matches the product of $L$-functions of Galois conjugation of $f$ rather than $f$, and I don't know much about Neron model.



Can it be proved only using knowledge of modular forms? I am also happy with a proof involving algebraic geometry of abelian varieties.






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    If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
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    @reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
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    @reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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Let $f= sum_{n=1}^{infty}a_nq^n in S_2^{new}(N)$ be a normalized new form of weight $2$ with respect to $Gamma_0(N)$ and assume $p|N$ is a prime. Then must $a_p=0$ if $p^2|N$ and belongs to ${-1,1}$ if $p|N$?



If $f$ has rational coefficients, then this can be seen from the corresponding modular elliptic curve as $N$ is the conductor.



So here I don't assume $f$ has rational coefficients so then the definition field $K_f$ may be large than $mathbb Q$. Then again there is a modular abelian variety, but it's subtle because the $L$-function of the abelian variety matches the product of $L$-functions of Galois conjugation of $f$ rather than $f$, and I don't know much about Neron model.



Can it be proved only using knowledge of modular forms? I am also happy with a proof involving algebraic geometry of abelian varieties.






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    If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
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    – reuns
    Jan 10 at 22:07










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    @reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
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    Jan 10 at 22:23








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    @reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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Let $f= sum_{n=1}^{infty}a_nq^n in S_2^{new}(N)$ be a normalized new form of weight $2$ with respect to $Gamma_0(N)$ and assume $p|N$ is a prime. Then must $a_p=0$ if $p^2|N$ and belongs to ${-1,1}$ if $p|N$?



If $f$ has rational coefficients, then this can be seen from the corresponding modular elliptic curve as $N$ is the conductor.



So here I don't assume $f$ has rational coefficients so then the definition field $K_f$ may be large than $mathbb Q$. Then again there is a modular abelian variety, but it's subtle because the $L$-function of the abelian variety matches the product of $L$-functions of Galois conjugation of $f$ rather than $f$, and I don't know much about Neron model.



Can it be proved only using knowledge of modular forms? I am also happy with a proof involving algebraic geometry of abelian varieties.






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Let $f= sum_{n=1}^{infty}a_nq^n in S_2^{new}(N)$ be a normalized new form of weight $2$ with respect to $Gamma_0(N)$ and assume $p|N$ is a prime. Then must $a_p=0$ if $p^2|N$ and belongs to ${-1,1}$ if $p|N$?



If $f$ has rational coefficients, then this can be seen from the corresponding modular elliptic curve as $N$ is the conductor.



So here I don't assume $f$ has rational coefficients so then the definition field $K_f$ may be large than $mathbb Q$. Then again there is a modular abelian variety, but it's subtle because the $L$-function of the abelian variety matches the product of $L$-functions of Galois conjugation of $f$ rather than $f$, and I don't know much about Neron model.



Can it be proved only using knowledge of modular forms? I am also happy with a proof involving algebraic geometry of abelian varieties.






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    If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
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    – reuns
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    @reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
    $endgroup$
    – zzy
    Jan 10 at 22:23








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    $begingroup$
    @reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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  • $begingroup$
    If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
    $endgroup$
    – reuns
    Jan 10 at 22:07










  • $begingroup$
    @reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
    $endgroup$
    – zzy
    Jan 10 at 22:23








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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$begingroup$
If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
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If f has rational coefficients, then what ?
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– reuns
Jan 10 at 22:07












$begingroup$
@reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
$endgroup$
– zzy
Jan 10 at 22:23






$begingroup$
@reuns Then $a_p$ is equal to $p-#E^{ns}(F_p)$ for bad primes, if $p||N$ then the reduction is multiplicative so $a_p=1$ or $-1$, if $p^2|N$ then the reduction is addictive so $a_p=0$
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@reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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$begingroup$
@reuns I find such relations by playing with datas in LMFDB, for example if you check this new form lmfdb.org/ModularForm/GL2/Q/holomorphic/88/2/1/b of level 88, then $a_8=0, a_11=-1$. But this modular form is not with rational coefficients.
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Yes, this is a standard property of modular forms which you can prove "by hand" using a computation with double cosets; suitably stated, the property holds for all weights, including weight 1 (whereas modular abelian varieties are a weight 2 thing).



In the $p^2 mid N$ case, the idea is to check that the double coset $Gamma_0(N) begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & p end{pmatrix} Gamma_0(N)$ giving the Hecke operator $U_p$ is actually stable under right-multiplication by $Gamma_0(N/p)$, so if $f in S_k(N)$, then $f mid_k U_p$ is actually in $S_k(N/p)$. However, $f mid_k U_p$ also has the same Hecke eigenvalues away from $p$ as $f$, so if $f$ is new of level $N$, it had better be 0.



For $p midmid N$ this needs to be modified slightly because the index of $Gamma_0(N)$ in $Gamma_0(N/p)$ is $p+1$ instead of $p$. This gives an extra term in the formula, and you end up deducing that $fmid_k U_p + f mid_k w_p$ is zero, where $w_p$ is the Atkin-Lehner operator. Since $w_p$ is an involution, its eigenvalue had better be $pm 1$ and this gives the result. (For general weights $k$ there is an extra normalisation factor coming out here, and you get that the $U_p$ eigenvalue is $pm p^{(k-2)/2}$ instead.)



For newforms of $Gamma_1(N)$ levels instead of $Gamma_0(N)$ levels, there is a slightly more complicated statement, where you have to keep track of the powers of $p$ dividing both $N$ and the conductor of the character of $f$.






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Yes, this is a standard property of modular forms which you can prove "by hand" using a computation with double cosets; suitably stated, the property holds for all weights, including weight 1 (whereas modular abelian varieties are a weight 2 thing).



In the $p^2 mid N$ case, the idea is to check that the double coset $Gamma_0(N) begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & p end{pmatrix} Gamma_0(N)$ giving the Hecke operator $U_p$ is actually stable under right-multiplication by $Gamma_0(N/p)$, so if $f in S_k(N)$, then $f mid_k U_p$ is actually in $S_k(N/p)$. However, $f mid_k U_p$ also has the same Hecke eigenvalues away from $p$ as $f$, so if $f$ is new of level $N$, it had better be 0.



For $p midmid N$ this needs to be modified slightly because the index of $Gamma_0(N)$ in $Gamma_0(N/p)$ is $p+1$ instead of $p$. This gives an extra term in the formula, and you end up deducing that $fmid_k U_p + f mid_k w_p$ is zero, where $w_p$ is the Atkin-Lehner operator. Since $w_p$ is an involution, its eigenvalue had better be $pm 1$ and this gives the result. (For general weights $k$ there is an extra normalisation factor coming out here, and you get that the $U_p$ eigenvalue is $pm p^{(k-2)/2}$ instead.)



For newforms of $Gamma_1(N)$ levels instead of $Gamma_0(N)$ levels, there is a slightly more complicated statement, where you have to keep track of the powers of $p$ dividing both $N$ and the conductor of the character of $f$.






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Yes, this is a standard property of modular forms which you can prove "by hand" using a computation with double cosets; suitably stated, the property holds for all weights, including weight 1 (whereas modular abelian varieties are a weight 2 thing).



In the $p^2 mid N$ case, the idea is to check that the double coset $Gamma_0(N) begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & p end{pmatrix} Gamma_0(N)$ giving the Hecke operator $U_p$ is actually stable under right-multiplication by $Gamma_0(N/p)$, so if $f in S_k(N)$, then $f mid_k U_p$ is actually in $S_k(N/p)$. However, $f mid_k U_p$ also has the same Hecke eigenvalues away from $p$ as $f$, so if $f$ is new of level $N$, it had better be 0.



For $p midmid N$ this needs to be modified slightly because the index of $Gamma_0(N)$ in $Gamma_0(N/p)$ is $p+1$ instead of $p$. This gives an extra term in the formula, and you end up deducing that $fmid_k U_p + f mid_k w_p$ is zero, where $w_p$ is the Atkin-Lehner operator. Since $w_p$ is an involution, its eigenvalue had better be $pm 1$ and this gives the result. (For general weights $k$ there is an extra normalisation factor coming out here, and you get that the $U_p$ eigenvalue is $pm p^{(k-2)/2}$ instead.)



For newforms of $Gamma_1(N)$ levels instead of $Gamma_0(N)$ levels, there is a slightly more complicated statement, where you have to keep track of the powers of $p$ dividing both $N$ and the conductor of the character of $f$.






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Yes, this is a standard property of modular forms which you can prove "by hand" using a computation with double cosets; suitably stated, the property holds for all weights, including weight 1 (whereas modular abelian varieties are a weight 2 thing).



In the $p^2 mid N$ case, the idea is to check that the double coset $Gamma_0(N) begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & p end{pmatrix} Gamma_0(N)$ giving the Hecke operator $U_p$ is actually stable under right-multiplication by $Gamma_0(N/p)$, so if $f in S_k(N)$, then $f mid_k U_p$ is actually in $S_k(N/p)$. However, $f mid_k U_p$ also has the same Hecke eigenvalues away from $p$ as $f$, so if $f$ is new of level $N$, it had better be 0.



For $p midmid N$ this needs to be modified slightly because the index of $Gamma_0(N)$ in $Gamma_0(N/p)$ is $p+1$ instead of $p$. This gives an extra term in the formula, and you end up deducing that $fmid_k U_p + f mid_k w_p$ is zero, where $w_p$ is the Atkin-Lehner operator. Since $w_p$ is an involution, its eigenvalue had better be $pm 1$ and this gives the result. (For general weights $k$ there is an extra normalisation factor coming out here, and you get that the $U_p$ eigenvalue is $pm p^{(k-2)/2}$ instead.)



For newforms of $Gamma_1(N)$ levels instead of $Gamma_0(N)$ levels, there is a slightly more complicated statement, where you have to keep track of the powers of $p$ dividing both $N$ and the conductor of the character of $f$.






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Yes, this is a standard property of modular forms which you can prove "by hand" using a computation with double cosets; suitably stated, the property holds for all weights, including weight 1 (whereas modular abelian varieties are a weight 2 thing).



In the $p^2 mid N$ case, the idea is to check that the double coset $Gamma_0(N) begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & p end{pmatrix} Gamma_0(N)$ giving the Hecke operator $U_p$ is actually stable under right-multiplication by $Gamma_0(N/p)$, so if $f in S_k(N)$, then $f mid_k U_p$ is actually in $S_k(N/p)$. However, $f mid_k U_p$ also has the same Hecke eigenvalues away from $p$ as $f$, so if $f$ is new of level $N$, it had better be 0.



For $p midmid N$ this needs to be modified slightly because the index of $Gamma_0(N)$ in $Gamma_0(N/p)$ is $p+1$ instead of $p$. This gives an extra term in the formula, and you end up deducing that $fmid_k U_p + f mid_k w_p$ is zero, where $w_p$ is the Atkin-Lehner operator. Since $w_p$ is an involution, its eigenvalue had better be $pm 1$ and this gives the result. (For general weights $k$ there is an extra normalisation factor coming out here, and you get that the $U_p$ eigenvalue is $pm p^{(k-2)/2}$ instead.)



For newforms of $Gamma_1(N)$ levels instead of $Gamma_0(N)$ levels, there is a slightly more complicated statement, where you have to keep track of the powers of $p$ dividing both $N$ and the conductor of the character of $f$.







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