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Boundary Hecke sum at a single cusp

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MTT.Cohomology.boundary_hecke_cusp_sum_at_one

by davidloeffler · Sep 6, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

group-cohomologyhecke-operatorsmodular-forms

Let N>0N>0N>0, let Φ\PhiΦ be a Γ1(N)\Gamma_1(N)Γ1​(N)-equivariant homogeneous polynomial-valued function of degree nnn on the rational cusps, and let ℓ\ellℓ be a prime with ℓ≡1(modN)\ell\equiv1\pmod Nℓ≡1(modN). For the standard ℓ+1\ell+1ℓ+1 representatives (1b0ℓ)\begin{pmatrix}1&b\\0&\ell\end{pmatrix}(10​bℓ​) (b mod ℓb\bmod\ellbmodℓ) and (ℓ001)\begin{pmatrix}\ell&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix}(ℓ0​01​), the sum of the adjugate-normalized transforms of Φ\PhiΦ at any cusp xxx is (1+ℓn+1)Φ(x)(1+\ell^{n+1})\Phi(x)(1+ℓn+1)Φ(x). This is the single-cusp calculation underlying the scalar action on boundary cochains. In primitive-vector terms, one representative produces a vector of content ℓ\ellℓ and the other ℓ\ellℓ representatives produce primitive vectors; homogeneity accounts for the power ℓn+1\ell^{n+1}ℓn+1.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_MTT_Cohomology_Boundary
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.LSeries.PrimesInAP
set_option autoImplicit false
noncomputable section
open scoped BigOperators
open MTT.Cohomology
Formal statement
theorem MTT.Cohomology.boundary_hecke_cusp_sum_at_one
    {N n : ℕ} (hN : 0 < N)
    (Φ : Cusp → Binary ℂ) (hΦ : IsBoundaryDatum N n Φ)
    (l : ℕ) (hl : l.Prime) (hlN : (l : ZMod N) = 1) (x : Cusp) :
    (∑ b : Fin l,
      act (Matrix.adjugate !![1, (b.val : ℤ); 0, (l : ℤ)])
        (Φ (fractional !![1, (b.val : ℤ); 0, (l : ℤ)] x))) +
      act (Matrix.adjugate !![(l : ℤ), 0; 0, 1])
        (Φ (fractional !![(l : ℤ), 0; 0, 1] x)) =
      ((1 + l^(n+1) : ℕ) : ℂ) • Φ x := by sorry
Source
Classical boundary-Hecke calculation in the modular-symbol model of Ash–Stevens, Modular forms in characteristic l and special values of their L-functions (1986), section 4, Definition 4.1 and Proposition 4.2, pp. 861–863, https://math.bu.edu/people/ghs/papers/Mod_fms_char_ell.pdf. For a primitive cusp vector, exactly one of the l+1 standard Hecke representatives gives content l and the remaining l give content 1.

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