Maximal-weight conjecture for simple holomorphic eta quotients of odd prime-power level

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For a prime pp and an integer n>3n>3, let fp,nf_{p,n} be the eta quotient defined by

fp,n:={ηppηpn−1(p−1)2∏s=1n/2−1ηp2s−1p2−3p+1ηp2sp2−2p+2(ηηpn)p−1if n is even,(ηpηpn−1)p∏s=1n−1ηpsp2−3p+2(ηηpn)p−1if n is odd and p≠2.f_{p,n}:=\left\{\begin{array}{cl} \frac{\eta_p^p\eta_{p^{n-1}}^{(p-1)^2}\prod_{s=1}^{n/2-1}\eta_{p^{2s-1}}^{p^2-3p+1}\eta_{p^{2s}}^{p^2-2p+2}}{(\eta\eta_{p^n})^{p-1}}&\text{if }n\text{ is even},\\ \frac{(\eta_p\eta_{p^{n-1}})^p\prod_{s=1}^{n-1}\eta_{p^s}^{p^2-3p+2}}{(\eta\eta_{p^n})^{p-1}}&\text{if }n\text{ is odd and }p\ne2. \end{array}\right.

Here ηm\eta_m denotes η(mz)\eta(mz), and a simple holomorphic eta quotient is one that is both primitive and quasi-irreducible. Maximal-weight conjecture. For any integer n>3n>3 and any odd prime pp, there are no simple holomorphic eta quotients of level pnp^n and of weight greater than that of fp,nf_{p,n}.

The preceding theorem establishes that fp,nf_{p,n} itself is simple, so the conjecture asserts that it has maximal weight among simple holomorphic eta quotients at these odd prime-power levels. Numerical evidence motivates the claim; its general validity remains open.

References

Primary source

Soumya Bhattacharya, “Infinite Families of Simple Holomorphic Eta Quotients”, arXiv:1701.00278 (2017).

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