The pp-primary structure conjecture for cuspidal divisor class groups of X1(pn)X_1(p^n)

Let pp be a prime and nn a positive integer. For the cuspidal divisor class group C1(pn)\mathscr C_1^\infty(p^n), let [p][p] denote multiplication by pp:

[p]:C1(pn)C1(pn).[p]:\mathscr C_1^\infty(p^n)\to\mathscr C_1^\infty(p^n).

Define its pp-rank to be the integer kk such that the kernel of [p][p] has pkp^k elements. The pp-primary structure conjecture. If pp is a regular prime and pn8p^n\geq 8 with n2n\geq 2, then the pp-rank is

12(p1)pn21.\frac12(p-1)p^{n-2}-1.

More precisely, under the same hypotheses, the number of copies of Z/p2kZ\mathbb Z/p^{2k}\mathbb Z in the primary decomposition of C1(pn)\mathscr C_1^\infty(p^n) is

{12(p1)2pnk21,p=2 and kn3,12(p1)2pnk21,p3 and kn2,12(p5),p5 and k=n1,0,otherwise,\begin{cases} \frac12(p-1)^2p^{n-k-2}-1, & p=2\text{ and }k\leq n-3, \\ \frac12(p-1)^2p^{n-k-2}-1, & p\geq 3\text{ and }k\leq n-2, \\ \frac12(p-5), & p\geq 5\text{ and }k=n-1, \\ 0, & \text{otherwise}, \end{cases}

and the number of copies of Z/p2k1Z\mathbb Z/p^{2k-1}\mathbb Z is

{1,p=2 and kn3,1,p=3 and kn2,1,p5 and kn1,0,otherwise.\begin{cases} 1, & p=2\text{ and }k\leq n-3, \\ 1, & p=3\text{ and }k\leq n-2, \\ 1, & p\geq 5\text{ and }k\leq n-1, \\ 0, & \text{otherwise}. \end{cases}

The conjecture is based on limited numerical computations of the groups for prime powers below 800800 and concerns the unresolved structure of their pp-primary parts.

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Primary source

Yifan Yang, “Modular unit and cuspidal divisor class groups of X_1(N)”, arXiv:0712.0629 (2007).

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