Billerey–Menares refinement of Ramanujan's congruence for square-free levels

Let N=MNN=MN' be square-free and let k4k\geq 4. Let gMk(M)g\in M_k(M) be a newform of level MM, with Hecke eigenvalues λp\lambda_p for pNp\mid N'. Let ε:D(N){±1}\varepsilon:D(N')\to\{\pm1\} be a system of Atkin–Lehner eigenvalues, and let Sk(ε)(N)S_k^{(\varepsilon)}(N) denote the subspace of Sk(N)S_k(N) on which each WpW_p, for pNp\mid N', has eigenvalue ε(p)\varepsilon(p). Billerey–Menares's conjecture. Assume that for every pNp\mid N',

λpε(p)pk/21(p+1)(modI),\lambda_p\equiv-\varepsilon(p)p^{k/2-1}(p+1)\pmod{\mathcal I},

where I\mathcal I is a prime ideal of residue characteristic \ell in the field generated by the Hecke eigenvalues of all newforms in Sk(ε)(N)S_k^{(\varepsilon)}(N), with >k2\ell>k-2 and 6N\ell\nmid6N. If M=1M=1 and g=Ekg=E_k, also assume that \ell divides the numerator of

Bk2kpN(pk/2+ε(p)).\frac{B_k}{2k}\prod_{p\mid N}(p^{k/2}+\varepsilon(p)).

Then there exists a newform fSk(ε)(N)f\in S_k^{(\varepsilon)}(N) of level NN such that

fgN(ε)(modI).f\equiv g_{N'}^{(\varepsilon)}\pmod{\mathcal I}.

The conditions ensure that the oldform construction gN(ε)g_{N'}^{(\varepsilon)} becomes cuspidal and new modulo I\mathcal I. The conjecture would follow from an appropriate integral new-subspace theory and surjectivity of reduction; the source presents it as an unproved refinement.

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Radu Gaba and Alexandru A. Popa, “A generalization of Ramanujan's congruence to modular forms of prime level”, arXiv:1612.00765 (2018).

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