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Contents
1 Introduction 3
2 Umbral Moonshine 7 2.1 UmbralMoonshineModules...... 7 2.2 UmbralMockModularForms...... 10 2.3 ParamodularForms ...... 11
3 Weight One Jacobi Forms 13 3.1 WeilRepresentations...... 15 3.2 Exponents...... 16 3.3 PrimePowerParts ...... 18 3.4 ProofoftheMainResult ...... 19
A Levels 27
B Characters at ℓ =9 31
C Coefficients at ℓ =9 32
D Decompositions at ℓ =9 36 Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 3
1 Introduction
Umbral moonshine [1,2] attaches distinguished vector-valued mock modular forms to automor- phisms of Niemeier lattices. To be specific, let X be the root system of a Niemeier lattice (i.e. any self-dual even positive definite lattice of rank 24, other than the Leech lattice). Define GX := Aut(N X )/W X , where N X is the self-dual lattice associated to X by Niemeier’s classifi- cation [3] (cf. also [4]), and W X is the subgroup of Aut(N X ) generated by reflections in root vectors. Then [2] describes an assignment g HX of vector-valued holomorphic functions— 7→ g the umbral McKay–Thompson series—to elements g GX . (A very explicit description of this ∈ assignment appears in B of [5].) § The situation is analogous to monstrous moonshine [6], where holomorphic functions Tm— the monstrous McKay–Thompson series—are attached to monster elements m M. In this ∈ case the Tm are distinguished in that they are the normalized principal moduli (i.e. normalized hauptmoduls) attached to genus zero groups Γm < SL2(R). Thanks to work [7] of Borcherds, we know that they are also the graded trace functions arising from the action of M on the graded ♮ ♮ infinite-dimensional M-module V = n≥−1 Vn constructed by Frenkel–Lepowsky–Meurman [8–10]. L Conjectures are formulated in 6 of [2], in order to identify analogues for the HX of these § g two properties of the monstrous McKay–Thompson series. For the analogue of the normalized principal modulus property (also known as the genus zero property of monstrous moonshine), the notion of optimal growth is formulated in [2], following the work [11] of Dabholkar–Murthy– Zagier. Recall from 6.3 of [2] that a vector-valued function H = (H ) is called a mock modular § r 1 form of optimal growth for Γ0(n) with multiplier ν, weight 2 and shadow S if
(i) H 1 γ = H for all γ Γ0(n), |ν, 2 ,S ∈ 1 (ii) q 4m H (τ)= O(1) as τ i for all r, (1.1) r → ∞ (iii) H (τ)= O(1) for all r as τ α Q, whenever / Γ (n)α. r → ∈ ∞ ∈ 0
1 In condition (i) of (1.1) we write 1 for the weight action of Γ0(n) with multiplier ν and |ν, 2 ,S 2 twist by S, on holomorphic vector-valued functions on the upper-half plane,
∞ 1 1 − 1 − H 1 γ (τ) := H(γτ)ν(γ)(cτ + d) 2 + e( ) (z + τ) 2 S( z¯)dz (1.2) ν, 2 ,S 8 | − Z−γ−1∞ −
a b 2πix for γ = c d . Note that e(x) := e . Roughly, the content of (i) of (1.1) is that H is a Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 4
mock modular form for Γ0(n). The other two conditions strongly restrict the growth of the components of H near cusps. X Conjecture 6.5 of [2] predicts that Hg is the unique, up to scale, mock modular form of 1 weight 2 for Γ0(n) with optimal growth, for suitably chosen n, multiplier system and shadow. This conjecture is known to be true in many cases. For example, it holds for all g GX , for ∈ 24 X = A1 , as a consequence of the results of [12]. The validity of the conjecture for g = e, for all Niemeier root systems X, is proved in [2]. (See Corollary 4.2, Proposition 4.6 and Proposition 5.2 in [2].) But we now appreciate that the conjecture is false in general, due to the existence of non-zero holomorphic Jacobi forms of weight one. To be precise, for positive integers m and N say that a holomorphic function ξ : H C C is a (holomorphic) Jacobi form of weight 1, index m and × → J 2 level N if it is invariant for the usual weight 1, index m action of Γ0 (N) := Γ0(N) ⋉ Z ,
aτ + b z cz2 1 (ξ ( a b , (0, 0)))(τ,z) := ξ , e m , |1,m c d cτ + d cτ + d − cτ + d cτ + d (1.3) (ξ (( 1 0 ) , (λ, µ)))(τ,z) := ξ (τ,z + λτ + µ) e mλ2τ +2mλz , |1,m 0 1
and if every theta-coefficient hr in the theta-decomposition
ξ(τ,z)= hr(τ)θm,r(τ,z) (1.4) r modX 2m
remains bounded near every cusp of Γ0(N). Say that ξ is a Jacobi cusp form if the hr all tend
to 0, near all cusps of Γ0(N). In (1.4) we write θm,r for the theta functions
1 2 4 (2km+r) 2km+r θm,r(τ,z) := q m y (1.5) kX∈Z
attached to the even lattice √2mZ, where q = e(τ) and y = e(z). For later use we define
θ± (τ,z) := θ (τ,z) θ (τ,z), (1.6) m,r m,−r ± m,r
and note that θm,r(hτ,hz)= θmh,rh(τ,z) for h a positive integer.
Write J1,m(N) for the space of holomorphic Jacobi forms of weight 1, index m and level N. Skoruppa has proved [13] that J (1) = 0 for all m. More recently, an argument of 1,m { } Schmidt [14], demonstrates that there are no holomorphic Jacobi forms of weight 1, for any index and level. Thus it was a surprise to us when we discovered1 some non-zero examples.
1We are grateful to Ken Ono for pointing out to us that non-zero holomorphic weight one Jacobi forms should Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 5
Proposition 1.1. Non-zero holomorphic weight one Jacobi forms exist.
Indeed, examples may be extracted from the existing literature. Recall the Dedekind eta 1 function, η(τ) := q 24 (1 qn). The function η(τ)θ− (τ, 1 z) appears in 1.6, Example 1.14, n>0 − 2,1 2 § of [15]. (Note that θQ− (τ, 1 z) is ϑ(τ,z) in loc. cit.) It is a Jacobi form of weight 1, index 2,1 2 − 1 2 and level 1, with a non-trivial multiplier system. Observe that if h is a positive integer and ξ(τ,z) is a Jacobi form of index m and level N with some multiplier system, then ξ(τ,hz) is a Jacobi form of index mh2 with the same level, and ξ(hτ,hz) is a Jacobi form of index mh and level Nh, and in both cases the weight is unchanged and the multiplier system transforms in a − 1 controlled way. From the explicit description of the multiplier system of η(τ)θ2,1(τ, 2 z) in [15], we deduce that
ξ (τ,z) := η(6τ)θ− (6τ, 6z) = (y−6 y6)q + O(q7) (1.7) 1,12 2,1 −
is a non-zero element of J1,12(36). This proves Proposition 1.1. Indeed, it proves the a priori stronger statement, that weight one cusp forms exist, because it is easily checked that η(6τ)
vanishes at all cusps of Γ0(36). In a similar way we obtain a non-zero, non-cuspidal element
ξ (τ,z) := θ (τ, 0)θ− (τ,z) = (y−4 y4)q + O(q5) (1.8) 1,8 8,4 8,4 −
2 −1 − 1 of J1,8(32), by considering the function η(2τ) η(τ) θ2,1(τ, 2 z) which appears in Theorem 1.4 2 −1 of [16]. (Note that θ8,4(τ, 0) = η(8τ) η(4τ) .) An infinite family of examples may be extracted from Corollary 4.9 of [17]. For a,b Z+ ∈ define the theta quark2
−1 − 1 − 1 − 1 Qa,b(τ,z) := η(τ) θ2,1(τ, 2 az)θ2,1(τ, 2 bz)θ2,1(τ, 2 (a + b)z). (1.9)
2 2 Then Qa,b (denoted θa,b in [17]) is a Jacobi form of weight 1, index m = a + ab + b and level N = 1, with multiplier system satisfying
Q (( 1 1 ) , (λ, µ)) = e( 1 )Q ,Q ( 0 −1 , (λ, µ)) = Q , (1.10) a,b|1,m 0 1 3 a,b a,b|1,m 1 0 a,b for λ, µ Z. From (1.10) we deduce that Q (3τ, 3z) is a non-zero element of J (9) for ∈ a,b 1,3m m = a2 + ab + b2, for any a,b Z+. The first of these theta-quarks, Q , will play an important ∈ 1,1 exist. 2Theta quarks belong to a more general theory of theta blocks due to Gritsenko–Skoruppa–Zagier [18]. Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 6 role in the sequel. To set up for this we define
(9) − − ξ3A (τ,z) := θ3,3(τ, 0)θ9,3(τ,z) θ3,0(τ, 0)θ9,6(τ,z), − (1.11) (9) − − ξ6A (τ,z) := θ3,3(τ, 0)θ9,3(τ,z)+ θ3,0(τ, 0)θ9,6(τ,z).
The first of these is Q1,1(3τ, 3z) and belongs to J1,9(9), the second belongs to J1,9(36). Despite contradicting Proposition 1.1 it seems that the argument of [14] is correct, except that it depends upon a result from [19] which is stated more strongly than what is proven in that paper. It is apparently this overstatement that led to the false conclusion of [14], that
J1,m(N) vanishes for all m and N. In an erratum [20] to [19], it is proven that J1,m(N) does vanish whenever m and N are coprime and N is square-free. In fact, the following more general result is obtained.
Theorem 1.2 ([20]). Let m and N be positive integers and assume that N is square-free. Let N N Nm be the smallest divisor of N such that m and are relatively prime. If is odd then Nm Nm N J1,m(N) = J1,m(Nm). If is even then J1,m(N) = J1,m(2Nm). Also, if m is odd then Nm J (2) = 0 . 1,m { } The fact that J (N) = 0 when N is square-free and (m,N) = 1 is obtained by taking 1,m { } Theorem 1.2 together with Skoruppa’s earlier result [13] that J (1) = 0 for all m. 1,m { } In this article we revisit the conjectures of [2], in light of the existence of holomorphic weight one Jacobi forms, and we establish the vanishing of J1,m(N) for many m and N. As we explain in 2.1, the particular Jacobi forms (1.8) and (1.11) play special roles in moonshine, the latter § leading us to a simplification (Conjecture 2.1) of the umbral moonshine module conjecture. It is this simplified form of the umbral moonshine module conjecture which is described in the recent review [21], and proven in [5]. In 2.2 we formulate a characterization (Conjecture 2.2) of the umbral McKay–Thompson § series in terms of Rademacher sums. This serves as a natural analogue of the genus zero property of monstrous moonshine, and a replacement for Conjecture 6.5 of [2] which is now known to be false in general. We point out a geometric interpretation of the theta quark Q in 2.3, and 1,1 § also indicate a possible connection to physics. The remainder of the paper is devoted to a proof of the Rademacher sum characterization, Conjecture 2.2. This follows (Corollary 3.2) from our main result, Theorem 3.1, which states that a certain family of holomorphic Jacobi forms of weight one vanishes identically. The proof of Theorem 3.1 is given in 3.4. We obtain it by applying a representation theoretic approach § that has been developed by Skoruppa (cf. [22]). We review relevant background in 3.1 and § 3.3. The methods of 3.4 work best for levels that are not divisible by high powers of 2 or 3. § § Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 7
In 3.2 we use a more elementary technique to prove (mostly) complementary vanishing results § for some spaces with small index. We attach four appendices to this article. In C we present revised coefficient tables for the § X 3 umbral McKay–Thompson series Hg with X = A8. Using these together with the character table of GX in B one can compute the (revised) multiplicities of irreducible GX -modules that § appear in D. The proof of our main result (Theorem 3.1) is obtained by applying the lemmas § we prove in 3.4 to the tables in A. § §
2 Umbral Moonshine
2.1 Umbral Moonshine Modules
Conjecture 6.1 of [2] predicts the existence of umbral analogues KX of V ♮, for each Niemeier root system X. At the time this conjecture was formulated we had identified candidate functions HX , for g GX , which implied that KX would have peculiar properties in the case that g,r ∈ 3 X X = A8. Nonetheless, we did not think that there could be other possibilities for the Hg,r with 3 X = A8, in light of Schmidt’s result [14] discussed above. (9) X X It turns out that ξg (τ,z) (cf. (1.11)) and φg (τ,z) := r mod 18 Hg,r(τ)θ9,r(τ,z) have the same multiplier system, for X = A3 and o(g)=0mod3, onP Γ (3) for g 3A, and on Γ (6) in 8 0 ∈ 0 the case that g 6A. Thus we may use these holomorphic Jacobi forms to revise our prescription ∈ for HX , for X = A3, for the two conjugacy classes [g] GX with o(g) = 0 mod 3. g 8 ⊂ Doing this we are led to a reformulation of Conjecture 6.1 of [2] that is uniform with respect X X to the choice of Niemeier root system X. To be precise, let us redefine H3A and H6A, for 3 X = A8, by setting
X X,old (9) Hg (τ) := Hg (τ)+ tg (τ), (2.1) Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 8
(9) (9) 1 where tg = (tg,r) is the vector-valued theta series of weight 2 , defined by
0, if r =0mod9, or r = 0 mod 3, 6 (9) t3A,r(τ) := θ3,3(τ, 0), if r 3 mod 18, (2.2) ∓ ± θ (τ, 0), if r 6 mod 18, 3,0 ± ± 0, if r =0mod9, or r = 0 mod 3, 6 (9) t6A,r(τ) := θ3,3(τ, 0), if r 3 mod 18, (2.3) ∓ ± θ (τ, 0), if r 6 mod 18. 3,0 ∓ ± (9) Note that tg is just the vector-valued modular form whose components are the theta coefficients (9) of ξg (cf. (1.11)). We present the corresponding coefficient tables (revisions of Tables 75–82 in [2]) in C. This § leads to revised decomposition tables (revisions of Tables 170 and 171 in [2]), which we present in D. Motivated by these new decompositions we reformulate Conjecture 6.1 of [2] as follows. § Conjecture 2.1. Let X be a Niemeier root system and let m be the Coxeter number of X. There exists a naturally defined Z/2mZ Q-graded super-module ×
X X X K = Kr = K D (2.4) r,− 4m r modM2m r modM2m DM∈Z 2 D=r mod 4m for GX , such that the graded super-trace attached to an element g GX is recovered from the ∈ X vector-valued mock modular form Hg via
D X − 4m Hg,r(τ)= strKX (g) q . (2.5) r,− D DX∈Z 4m 2 D=r mod 4m
Moreover, KX = 0 for r = m mod 2m. If 0 Am−1 Sˇ (τ) := (Sm,1(τ),...,Sm,m−1(τ)), (2.6) 1 2 4m (2km+r) 3 ˇ X where Sm,r(τ) := k∈Z(2km + r)q . For X = E8 the multiplier system of He is the inverse of that associatedP to E8 Sˇ (τ) := ((S30,1 + S30,11 + S30,19 + S30,29)(τ), (S30,7 + S30,13 + S30,17 + S30,23)(τ)). (2.7) (Cf. 4.1 of [2].) More generally, if the mock modular form HX transforms under Γ (n ) with § g 0 g X X X multiplier system νg and shadow Sg then there is a directly related multiplier systemν ˇg ˇ X X ˇX ˇX such that Hg transforms under Γ0(ng) with multiplierν ˇg and shadow Sg , where Sg is the IX -vector-valued cusp form whose components are the SX for r IX . g,r ∈ ˇ X Note that only one component of Hg has a pole. Namely, X X − 1 1− 1 Hˇ (τ)= H (τ)= 2q 4m + O(q 4m ). (2.8) g,1 g,1 − ˇ X In terms of the Hg , Conjecture 2.1 may be rephrased as the statement that there exist naturally defined bi-graded GX -modules ˇ X ˇ X ˇ X K = Kr = K D (2.9) r,− 4m MX MX DM∈Z r∈I r∈I 2 D=r mod 4m Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 10 such that the graded trace attached to an element g GX is recovered from the vector-valued ∈ ˇ X mock modular form Hg via 1 D ˇ X − 4m − 4m Hg,r(τ)= 2q δr,1 + trKˇ X (g) q . (2.10) − r,− D DX∈Z 4m 2 D=r mod 4m This is the form in which Conjecture 2.1 has been expressed in [5, 21]. Conjecture 6.11 from [2] also concerns umbral moonshine modules. Now we may simplify it 3 X by removing the last sentence, concerning X = A8, as the newly defined Hg lead (conjecturally) X X to representations Kr,− D that are doublets for G , whenever D = 0. This is what we would 4m 6 expect, given the discussion in 6.4 of [2], since there are no values n attached to X = A3 in § 8 Table 10 of [2]. To conclude this section we note that the example (1.8) also plays a special role in moonshine, 1 1 − because it develops [24] that ξ1,8( 4 τ, 4 z)= θ2,1(τ, 0)θ2,1(τ,z) is the only non-zero Jacobi form appearing in generalised Mathieu moonshine that is not related to one of the Mathieu moonshine forms by the action by SL2(Z). A few further holomorphic Jacobi forms appear in generalised umbral moonshine; they are described explicitly in Table 2 of [25]. Conjecturally [25] there are infinite-dimensional modules for certain deformations of the Drinfel’d doubles of the umbral groups GX that underly the functions of generalised umbral moonshine. 2.2 Umbral Mock Modular Forms We require to modify the statement of Conjecture 6.5 of [2], in light of the discussion in 1. § Since the notion of optimal growth is too weak to determine the umbral McKay–Thompson series in general, we recast our reformulation in terms of Rademacher sums, thus generalizing ˇ X Conjecture 5.4 of [1]. The Hg are well-adapted to this, as they each have a pole in exactly one component. Write Γ for the group of upper-triangular matrices in SL (Z). For α R and γ SL (Z) ∞ 2 ∈ ∈ 2 [α] a b define r 1 (γ, τ) := 1 if γ Γ∞. For γ = c d not in Γ∞ set 2 ∈ n+ 1 α 2 2πi c(cτ+d) [α] a b α − r 1 ( c d , τ) := e , (2.11) 2 c(cτ+d) Γ(n + 3 ) kX≥0 2 1 where e(x) := e2πix and we use the principal branch to define z 2 for z C. Suppose that ν ∈ 1 is a multiplier system for vector-valued modular forms of weight 2 onΓ=Γ0(n), for some n, and suppose that ν = (ν ) satisfies ν (( 1 1 )) = e( 1 m), for some basis e , for some positive ij 11 0 1 4 { i} Weight One Jacobi Forms and Umbral Moonshine 11 integer m. To this data we attach the Rademacher sum 1 [− 1 ] a b 1 aτ+b e − 2 4m a b RΓ,ν (τ) := lim ν( c d )e 4m cτ+d 1(cτ + d) r 1 ( c d , τ), (2.12) K→∞ X − 2 a b ∈Γ∞\Γ 2 c d K,K 2 where Γ 2 := a b Γ 0 c < K, d