Let g , N ∈ N {\displaystyle g,N\in \mathbb {N} } and define
the Siegel upper half-space. Define the symplectic group of level N {\displaystyle N} , denoted by Γ g ( N ) , {\displaystyle \Gamma _{g}(N),} as
where I g {\displaystyle I_{g}} is the g × g {\displaystyle g\times g} identity matrix. Finally, let
be a rational representation, where V {\displaystyle V} is a finite-dimensional complex vector space.
Given
and
define the notation
Then a holomorphic function
is a Siegel modular form of degree g {\displaystyle g} (sometimes called the genus), weight ρ {\displaystyle \rho } , and level N {\displaystyle N} if
for all γ ∈ Γ g ( N ) {\displaystyle \gamma \in \Gamma _{g}(N)} . In the case that g = 1 {\displaystyle g=1} , we further require that f {\displaystyle f} be holomorphic 'at infinity'. This assumption is not necessary for g > 1 {\displaystyle g>1} due to the Koecher principle, explained below. Denote the space of weight ρ {\displaystyle \rho } , degree g {\displaystyle g} , and level N {\displaystyle N} Siegel modular forms by
Some methods for constructing Siegel modular forms include:
For degree 1, the level 1 Siegel modular forms are the same as level 1 modular forms. The ring of such forms is a polynomial ring C[E4,E6] in the (degree 1) Eisenstein series E4 and E6.
For degree 2, (Igusa 1962, 1967) showed that the ring of level 1 Siegel modular forms is generated by the (degree 2) Eisenstein series E4 and E6 and 3 more forms of weights 10, 12, and 35. The ideal of relations between them is generated by the square of the weight 35 form minus a certain polynomial in the others.
For degree 3, Tsuyumine (1986) described the ring of level 1 Siegel modular forms, giving a set of 34 generators.
For degree 4, the level 1 Siegel modular forms of small weights have been found. There are no cusp forms of weights 2, 4, or 6. The space of cusp forms of weight 8 is 1-dimensional, spanned by the Schottky form. The space of cusp forms of weight 10 has dimension 1, the space of cusp forms of weight 12 has dimension 2, the space of cusp forms of weight 14 has dimension 3, and the space of cusp forms of weight 16 has dimension 7 (Poor & Yuen 2007) harv error: no target: CITEREFPoorYuen2007 (help).
For degree 5, the space of cusp forms has dimension 0 for weight 10, dimension 2 for weight 12. The space of forms of weight 12 has dimension 5.
For degree 6, there are no cusp forms of weights 0, 2, 4, 6, 8. The space of Siegel modular forms of weight 2 has dimension 0, and those of weights 4 or 6 both have dimension 1.
For small weights and level 1, Duke & Imamoḡlu (1998) give the following results (for any positive degree):
The following table combines the results above with information from Poor & Yuen (2006) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFPoorYuen2006 (help) and Chenevier & Lannes (2014) and Taïbi (2014).
The theorem known as the Koecher principle states that if f {\displaystyle f} is a Siegel modular form of weight ρ {\displaystyle \rho } , level 1, and degree g > 1 {\displaystyle g>1} , then f {\displaystyle f} is bounded on subsets of H g {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}_{g}} of the form
where ϵ > 0 {\displaystyle \epsilon >0} . Corollary to this theorem is the fact that Siegel modular forms of degree g > 1 {\displaystyle g>1} have Fourier expansions and are thus holomorphic at infinity.1
In the D1D5P system of supersymmetric black holes in string theory, the function that naturally captures the microstates of black hole entropy is a Siegel modular form.2 In general, Siegel modular forms have been described as having the potential to describe black holes or other gravitational systems.3
Siegel modular forms also have uses as generating functions for families of CFT2 with increasing central charge in conformal field theory, particularly the hypothetical AdS/CFT correspondence.4
This was proved by Max Koecher, Zur Theorie der Modulformen n-ten Grades I, Mathematische. Zeitschrift 59 (1954), 455–466. A corresponding principle for Hilbert modular forms was apparently known earlier, after Fritz Gotzky, Uber eine zahlentheoretische Anwendung von Modulfunktionen zweier Veranderlicher, Math. Ann. 100 (1928), pp. 411-37 /wiki/Max_Koecher ↩
Belin, Alexandre; Castro, Alejandra; Gomes, João; Keller, Christoph A. (11 April 2017). "Siegel modular forms and black hole entropy". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2017 (4): 57. arXiv:1611.04588. Bibcode:2017JHEP...04..057B. doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2017)057. S2CID 256037311. /wiki/ArXiv_(identifier) ↩
Belin, Alexandre; Castro, Alejandra; Gomes, João; Keller, Christoph A. (7 November 2018). "Siegel paramodular forms and sparseness in AdS3/CFT2". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2018 (11): 37. arXiv:1805.09336. Bibcode:2018JHEP...11..037B. doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2018)037. S2CID 256040660. /wiki/ArXiv_(identifier) ↩