Algebraic Fourier coefficients of harmonic Maass forms
Let be a harmonic Maass form of weight for a congruence subgroup, and suppose that . Its holomorphic part is the holomorphic part of the Fourier expansion of .
Algebraicity conjecture. If all Fourier coefficients of the holomorphic part of are algebraic, then is either a unary theta series with or a binary theta series with . In these cases, the coefficients have bounded denominators if and only if is half-integral.
The conjecture formalizes the expectation that the known examples with algebraic Fourier coefficients are the only ones. The source notes that generic harmonic Maass forms are generally believed to have transcendental Fourier coefficients, while the unary case has rational coefficients with explicitly bounded denominators and the binary case appears to have algebraic coefficients with unbounded denominators. The conjecture's general status is not specified in the source.
References
Primary source
Stephan Ehlen, Yingkun Li and Markus Schwagenscheidt, “Harmonic Maass forms associated with CM newforms”, arXiv:2210.07341 (2025).
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