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Singular Moduli of Shimura Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Eric Errthum
Eric Errthum*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA 55987 email: eerrthum@winona.edu
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Abstract

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The $j$-function acts as a parametrization of the classical modular curve. Its values at complex multiplication (CM) points are called singular moduli and are algebraic integers. A Shimura curve is a generalization of the modular curve and, if the Shimura curve has genus 0, a rational parameterizing function exists and when evaluated at a CM point is again algebraic over $\mathbf{Q}$. This paper shows that the coordinate maps given by N. Elkies for the Shimura curves associated to the quaternion algebras with discriminants 6 and 10 are Borcherds lifts of vector-valued modular forms. This property is then used to explicitly compute the rational norms of singular moduli on these curves. This method not only verifies conjectural values for the rational CM points, but also provides a way of algebraically calculating the norms of CM points with arbitrarily large negative discriminant.

Keywords

11G1811F12
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , 01 August 2011 , pp. 826 - 861
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2011

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