The period-lattice conjecture for Hilbert modular abelian varieties

Let ff be a Hilbert newform of parallel weight 22 over the totally real field FF, with Hecke field KfK_f of degree gg. Let s=sis=s_i be a sign vector corresponding to the real embedding σi ⁣:FC\sigma_i\colon F\hookrightarrow\mathbb C, and let Vf,sCgV_{f,s}\subset\mathbb C^g be the two-dimensional KfK_f-subspace generated by the period vectors associated with ss and the all-positive sign. A lattice ΛVf,s\Lambda\subset V_{f,s} is a discrete subgroup spanning Vf,sV_{f,s} over the relevant real vector space. Period-lattice conjecture. For every choice of lattice ΛVf,s\Lambda\subset V_{f,s}, there is an isomorphism of complex abelian varieties

Cg/ΛAf(C),\mathbb C^g/\Lambda\sim A_f(\mathbb C),

where AfA_f is the abelian variety predicted by the Eichler–Shimura conjecture, under the embedding σi\sigma_i corresponding to sis_i. This conjecture would identify the complex tori constructed from the Hilbert modular periods with the expected abelian variety, thereby justifying the moduli-point construction. The source gives no evidence of a resolution.

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Raymond van Bommel, Edgar Costa, Noam D. Elkies, Timo Keller, Sam Schiavone and John Voight, “The constructive inverse Galois problem via Hilbert modular forms: realizing the transitive group 17T7”, arXiv:2411.07857 (2026).

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