Congruence conditions for the mod $λ$ values of the Fourier coefficients of classical eigenforms

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contents We classify all instances of the condition $a_{p}(f) \equiv x \bmod λ$ being related to a congruence on the prime $p$, where $a_{p}(f)$ denotes the $p$th Fourier coefficient of a classical normalised cuspidal eigenform $f$ and $λ$ is a prime in the number field generated by the Fourier coefficients of $f$. This classification is done in terms of the (projective) image of the mod $λ$ Galois representation associated with $f$ and extends work by Swinnerton-Dyer. We highlight that for $x = 0$, this condition is more often implied by a congruence on the prime $p$ than the general value of $a_{p}(f) \bmod λ$. Finally, we illustrate various instances of these congruences through examples from the setting of weight 2 newforms attached to rational elliptic curves.
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spellingShingle Congruence conditions for the mod $λ$ values of the Fourier coefficients of classical eigenforms
Daas, Michael A.
Number Theory
11F30, 11F33, 11F80, 20G40
We classify all instances of the condition $a_{p}(f) \equiv x \bmod λ$ being related to a congruence on the prime $p$, where $a_{p}(f)$ denotes the $p$th Fourier coefficient of a classical normalised cuspidal eigenform $f$ and $λ$ is a prime in the number field generated by the Fourier coefficients of $f$. This classification is done in terms of the (projective) image of the mod $λ$ Galois representation associated with $f$ and extends work by Swinnerton-Dyer. We highlight that for $x = 0$, this condition is more often implied by a congruence on the prime $p$ than the general value of $a_{p}(f) \bmod λ$. Finally, we illustrate various instances of these congruences through examples from the setting of weight 2 newforms attached to rational elliptic curves.
title Congruence conditions for the mod $λ$ values of the Fourier coefficients of classical eigenforms
topic Number Theory
11F30, 11F33, 11F80, 20G40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08865