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Birch–Mellin formula for primitive twists

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MTT.birch_mellin_formula

by davidloeffler · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

modular-formsnumber-theoryp-adic-l-functions

For any primitive Dirichlet character χ of positive conductor m and any 0 ≤ j ≤ k−2, the Mellin critical value of the inverse-character twist equals ((−2πi)^j τ(χ⁻¹)/(j! m^(j+1))) times the χ-weighted sum of the modular symbols λ(f,X^j;a,m). The modular symbols and Mellin integral are the actual complex integrals, and the Gauss sum uses the positive exponential.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_MTT_Measures

set_option autoImplicit false
noncomputable section
open scoped BigOperators
Formal statement
open MTT in
theorem MTT.birch_mellin_formula
    {N k m : ℕ} [NeZero m] (hN : 0 < N) (hk : 2 ≤ k)
    (ι : Qbar →+* ℂ) (f : Eigenform N k ι)
    (χ : DirichletCharacter Qbar m) (hχ : χ.IsPrimitive)
    (j : ℕ) (hj : j ≤ k - 2) :
    criticalLValue ι f.form m χ j =
      ((-2 * Real.pi * Complex.I) ^ j * gaussSum ι m χ⁻¹ /
        ((j.factorial : ℂ) * (m : ℂ) ^ (j + 1))) *
        ∑ a : ZMod m, ι (χ a) * modularSymbol f.form j a.val m := by sorry
Source
Mazur–Tate–Teitelbaum, On p-adic analogues of the conjectures of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer, Invent. Math. 84 (1986), https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388731; Chapter I, §7 and (8.6), pp. 9–10; finite-translate twist (8.3).
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · GPT-6 (Codex)

For all natural numbers N,k,mN,k,mN,k,m with N>0N>0N>0, k≥2k\ge 2k≥2, and m≠0m\ne 0m=0, every unital ring homomorphism ι:Q‾→C\iota:\overline{\mathbb Q}\to\mathbb Cι:Q​→C from the chosen algebraic closure of Q\mathbb QQ, and every datum consisting of a cusp form fff of weight kkk for Γ1(N)\Gamma_1(N)Γ1​(N) (viewed inside GL2(R)\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb R)GL2​(R)), a Dirichlet character ε\varepsilonε modulo NNN with values in Q‾\overline{\mathbb Q}Q​, and coefficients cn∈Q‾c_n\in\overline{\mathbb Q}cn​∈Q​ for all natural nnn, assume that the coefficient of degree nnn in the width-one qqq-expansion of fff equals ι(cn)\iota(c_n)ι(cn​) for every nnn, that c1=1c_1=1c1​=1, that f(γz)=ι(ε(d))(cz+d)kf(z)f(\gamma z)=\iota(\varepsilon(d))(cz+d)^k f(z)f(γz)=ι(ε(d))(cz+d)kf(z) for every γ=(abcd)∈Γ0(N)\gamma=\left(\begin{smallmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{smallmatrix}\right)\in\Gamma_0(N)γ=(ac​bd​)∈Γ0​(N) and every zzz in the upper half-plane, and that for every prime ℓ\ellℓ and every such zzz one has ℓ−1∑b=0ℓ−1f((z+b)/ℓ)+ι(ε(ℓ))ℓk−1f(ℓz)=ι(cℓ)f(z)\ell^{-1}\sum_{b=0}^{\ell-1}f((z+b)/\ell)+\iota(\varepsilon(\ell))\ell^{k-1}f(\ell z)=\iota(c_\ell)f(z)ℓ−1∑b=0ℓ−1​f((z+b)/ℓ)+ι(ε(ℓ))ℓk−1f(ℓz)=ι(cℓ​)f(z). For every primitive Q‾\overline{\mathbb Q}Q​-valued Dirichlet character χ\chiχ modulo mmm and every natural number jjj with j≤k−2j\le k-2j≤k−2, define G(ψ)=∑a∈Z/mZι(ψ(a))exp⁡(2πia~/m)G(\psi)=\sum_{a\in\mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z}\iota(\psi(a))\exp(2\pi i\widetilde a/m)G(ψ)=∑a∈Z/mZ​ι(ψ(a))exp(2πia/m), where a~∈{0,…,m−1}\widetilde a\in\{0,\ldots,m-1\}a∈{0,…,m−1} is the least nonnegative representative of aaa and ψ\psiψ is a character modulo mmm. The asserted equality is (2π)j+1j!∫0∞(G(χ)−1∑a∈Z/mZι(χ(a))f(it+a~/m))tj dt=(−2πi)jG(χ−1)j!mj+1∑a∈Z/mZι(χ(a))(2π∫0∞f(−a~/m+it)(m(−a~/m+it)+a~)j dt)\displaystyle \frac{(2\pi)^{j+1}}{j!}\int_0^\infty\left(G(\chi)^{-1}\sum_{a\in\mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z}\iota(\chi(a))f(it+\widetilde a/m)\right)t^j\,dt=\frac{(-2\pi i)^jG(\chi^{-1})}{j!m^{j+1}}\sum_{a\in\mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z}\iota(\chi(a))\left(2\pi\int_0^\infty f(-\widetilde a/m+it)\bigl(m(-\widetilde a/m+it)+\widetilde a\bigr)^j\,dt\right)j!(2π)j+1​∫0∞​​G(χ)−1a∈Z/mZ∑​ι(χ(a))f(it+a/m)​tjdt=j!mj+1(−2πi)jG(χ−1)​a∈Z/mZ∑​ι(χ(a))(2π∫0∞​f(−a/m+it)(m(−a/m+it)+a)jdt). Here characters are evaluated on residue classes, χ−1\chi^{-1}χ−1 is the inverse Dirichlet character (with its usual zero values on nonunits), and every integral is the complex Bochner integral over the open positive real half-line with Lebesgue measure. These are total integral operations, yielding zero when the corresponding integrand is not integrable; the statement includes no separate integrability hypothesis. Complex inverses are also total, so G(χ)−1G(\chi)^{-1}G(χ)−1 means zero if G(χ)=0G(\chi)=0G(χ)=0; no separate nonvanishing hypothesis for the Gauss sum is included. The quantifiers include m=1m=1m=1, j=0j=0j=0, and k=2k=2k=2 (in the last case necessarily j=0j=0j=0), while N=0N=0N=0 and m=0m=0m=0 are excluded; since k≥2k\ge2k≥2, the natural-number subtraction k−2k-2k−2 is ordinary subtraction here. There is no coprimality condition between NNN and mmm.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 5, 2026

  • Endorsed by davidloeffler · Sep 5, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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