Harder's Euler-factor conjecture for Siegel modular forms

Let kk and jj be non-negative integers with jj even and k3k\geq 3. Let f=a(n,f)qnS2k+j2(SL2(Z))f=\sum a(n,f)q^n\in S_{2k+j-2}(SL_2(\mathbb Z)) be a primitive form, and suppose that a sufficiently large prime ideal p\mathfrak p of Q(f)\mathbb Q(f) divides the normalized critical value L(k+j,f;cs(k+j))\mathbf L(k+j,f;c_{s(k+j)}). For a Hecke eigenform FS(k+j,k)(Sp2(Z))F\in S_{(k+j,k)}(\operatorname{Sp}_2(\mathbb Z)), let Lp(X,F,Sp)L_p(X,F,\operatorname{Sp}) and Lp(X,f)L_p(X,f) denote its spinor Euler factor and the Euler factor of ff, respectively. Harder's conjecture. There exists such an FF and a prime ideal p\mathfrak p' above p\mathfrak p in a field containing Q(f)Q(F)\mathbb Q(f)\mathbb Q(F) such that, for every prime pp,

Lp(X,F,Sp)Lp(X,f)(1pk2X)(1pj+k1X)(modp).L_p(X,F,\operatorname{Sp})\equiv L_p(X,f)(1-p^{k-2}X)(1-p^{j+k-1}X)\pmod{\mathfrak p'}.

In particular,

λF(T(p))a(p,f)+pk2+pj+k1(modp).\lambda_F(T(p))\equiv a(p,f)+p^{k-2}+p^{j+k-1}\pmod{\mathfrak p'}.

This conjecture refines the original eigenvalue congruence by expressing it as a congruence of Euler factors; the source notes that it is trivial when j=0j=0, while cases such as (k,j)=(10,4)(k,j)=(10,4) are known. The precise meaning of “large” and the normalization of the critical value require additional choices in the source.

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Hiraku Atobe, Masataka Chida, Tomoyoshi Ibukiyama, Hidenori Katsurada and Takuya Yamauchi, “Harder's conjecture I”, arXiv:2109.10551 (2022).

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