arXiv research

Geodesics on modular surface yield arithmetic 3-manifolds.

We investigate modular embeddings for semi-arithmetic Fuchsian groups. First we prove some purely algebro-geometric or even topological criteria for a regular map from a smooth complex curve to a quaternionic Shimura variety to be covered by a modular embedding. Then we set up an adelic formalism for modular embeddings…

Neural networks learn modular arithmetic but not all, extending known solutions to generalize.

We determine the number of cusps of minimal Picard modular surfaces. The proof also counts cusps of other Picard modular surfaces of arithmetic interest. Consequently, for each N > 0 there are finitely many commensurability classes of nonuniform arithmetic lattices in SU(2, 1) that contain an N-cusped surface. We also …

New link types derived from old links.

Recursive Feature Machines show grokking in modular arithmetic without neural networks.

Fuchsian groups with a modular embedding have the richest arithmetic properties among non-arithmetic Fuchsian groups. But they are very rare, all known examples being related either to triangle groups or to Teichmueller curves. In Part I of this paper we study the arithmetic properties of the modular embedding and deve…

Fundamental solutions of Dirac type operators are introduced for a class of conformally flat manifolds. This class consists of manifolds obtained by factoring out the upper half-space of $\mathbb{R}^n$ by arithmetic subgroups of generalized modular groups. Basic properties of these fundamental solutions are presented t…

We prove a rigidity theorem for semi-arithmetic Fuchsian groups: If $Γ_1$, $Γ_2$ are two semi-arithmetic lattices in $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb{R})$ virtually admitting modular embeddings and $f\colonΓ_1\toΓ_2$ is a group isomorphism that respects the notion of congruence subgroups, then $f$ is induced by an inner automor…

Modular knots follow Chebotarev law from surgeries on hyperbolic fibered links.

Transformers learn to solve modular arithmetic tasks by in-context learning and skill composition.

The {\em Wiman-Edge pencil} is the universal family $\Cs/\mathcal B$ of projective, genus $6$, complex-algebraic curves admitting a faithful action of the icosahedral group $\Af_5$. The goal of this paper is to prove that the monodromy of $\Cs/\mathcal B$ is commensurable with a Hilbert modular group; in particular is …

We compute the class of arithmetic genus two Teichmueller curves in the Picard group of pseudo-Hilbert modular surfaces, distinguished according to their torsion order and spin invariant. As an application, we compute the number of genus two square-tiled surfaces with these invariants. The main technical tool is the co…

We extend the Faltings modular heights of abelian varieties to general arithmetic varieties and show direct relations with the Kahler-Einstein geometry, the Minimal Model Program, heights of Bost and Zhang, and give some applications. Along the way, we propose arithmetic Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture, an equivalence of…

We show that the modular group has an infinite family of finite index subgroups, each of which has the same trace set as the modular group itself. Various congruence subgroups of the modular group, and the Bianchi groups, are also shown to have this property. In the case of the modular group, we construct examples of s…

Study explores how neural networks and Transformers learn modular arithmetic with multiple inputs.

Ordering examples in modular arithmetic training affects model performance.

We survey contributions of Robert MacPherson to the theory of arithmetic groups. There are two main areas we discuss: (i) explicit reduction theory for Siegel modular threefolds, and (ii) constructions of compactifications of locally symmetric spaces. The former is joint work with Mark McConnell, the latter with Lizhen…

New geometric invariant limits the number of semi-arithmetic groups.

Holomorphic quantum modular forms linked to knot volumes.

Study on coloring virtual tangles with integer and modular arithmetic.

We show that the conjectural cusped complex hyperbolic 2-orbifolds of minimal volume are the two smallest arithmetic complex hyperbolic 2-orbifolds. We then show that every arithmetic cusped complex hyperbolic 2-manifold of minimal volume covers one of these two orbifolds. We also give all minimal volume manifolds that…

Defines map from skein module to Habiro ring for quantum modularity.

Study on scattering geodesics on modular surface and their sojourn times.

Sharp lower bounds for modular invariants and Dehn twist coefficients in genus 2 and 3.

The study finds infinitely many semi-arithmetic Riemann surfaces with dense systoles and distinct invariant trace fields.

Study linking numbers in hyperbolic 3-folds, linking to Siegel modular forms.

We prove an arithmetic Hilbert-Samuel type theorem for semi-positive singular hermitian line bundles of finite height. In particular, the theorem applies to the log-singular metrics of Burgos-Kramer-Kühn. Our theorem is thus suitable for application to some non-compact Shimura varieties with their bundles of cusp forms…

Holomorphic networks on modular arithmetic show clear success or failure, no in-between.

Using the rings of Lipschitz and Hurwitz integers $\mathbb{H}(\mathbb{Z})$ and $\mathbb{H}ur(\mathbb{Z})$ in the quaternion division algebra $\mathbb{H}$, we define several Kleinian discrete subgroups of $PSL(2,\mathbb{H})$

Mark and Paupert devised a general method for obtaining presentations for arithmetic non-cocompact lattices, $Γ$, in isometry groups of negatively curved symmetric spaces. The method involves a classical theorem of Macbeath applied to a $Γ$-invariant covering by horoballs of the negatively curved symmetric space upon w…

We present a general method to compute a presentation for any cusped arithmetic hyperbolic lattice $Γ$, applying a classical result of Macbeath to a suitable $Γ$-invariant horoball cover of the corresponding symmetric space. As applications we compute presentations for the Picard modular groups ${\rm PU}(2,1,\mathcal{O…

Over-parameterized models can memorize noisy labels and still generalize well, revealing a hidden structure.

We obtain an exact modularity relation for the $q$-Pochhammer symbol. Using this formula, we show that Zagier's modularity conjecture for a knot $K$ essentially reduces to the arithmeticity conjecture for $K$. In particular, we show that Zagier's conjecture holds for hyperbolic knots $K\neq 7_2$ with at most seven cros…

Following our result on rationality of the spectral action for Bianchi type-IX cosmological models, which suggests the existence of a rich arithmetic structure in the action, we study the arithmetic and modular properties of the action for an especially interesting family of metrics, namely $SU(2)$-invariant Bianchi IX…

New Fuchsian groups found with special embedding properties.

A Teichmüller curve is an algebraic and isometric immersion of an algebraic curve into the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. We give the first explicit algebraic models of Teichmüller curves of positive genus. Our methods are based on the study of certain Hilbert modular forms and the use of Ahlfors's variational formu…

We provide examples of finitely generated infinite covolume subgroups of $PSL(2,R)^r$ with a "big" limit set, e.g. that contains an open subset of the geometric boundary. They are given by the so called semi-arithmetic Fuchsian groups admitting modular embeddings.

We give some new methods, based on Lipschitz extension theorems, for bounding filling invariants of subsets of nonpositively curved spaces. We apply our methods to find sharp bounds on higher-order Dehn functions of Sol_{2n+1}, horospheres in euclidean buildings, Hilbert modular groups, and certain S-arithmetic groups.

Persistent homology reveals a topological signature of grokking in neural networks.

Method calculates systolic length of modular curves.

The f-invariant is a higher version of the e-invariant that takes values in the divided congruences between modular forms; it can be formulated as an elliptic genus of manifolds with corners of codimension two. In this thesis, we develop a geometrical interpretation of the f-invariant in terms of index theory, thereby …

Linking numbers of modular knots derived from geometric and algebraic properties.

New method calculates winding of geodesics on surfaces.

Develops Weil bundles over \( p \)-adic manifolds for arithmetic geometry.

The Quantum Modularity Conjecture of Zagier predicts the existence of a formal power series with arithmetically interesting coefficients that appears in the asymptotics of the Kashaev invariant at each root of unity. Our goal is to construct a power series from a Neumann-Zagier datum (i.e., an ideal triangulation of th…

Study shows how transformers learn to combine simple tasks into complex ones.

We study the covolumes of arithmetic lattices in $PSL_2(\mathbb R)^n$ for $n\geq 2$ and identify uniform and non-uniform irreducible lattices of minimal covolume. More precisely, let $μ$ be the Euler-Poincaré measure on $PSL_2(\mathbb R)^n$ and $χ=μ/2^n$. We show that the Hilbert modular group $PSL_2(\mathfrak o_{k_{49…