Parity conjecture for the unique invariant theta characteristic on modular curves
Parity conjecture for the unique invariant theta characteristic on modular curves
Let be an odd prime with , and let denote the modular curve of level . An invariant theta characteristic is a theta characteristic on invariant under the relevant group action.
Parity conjecture. The unique invariant theta characteristic on is always even.
This conjecture extends the computations for , where the unique invariant theta characteristic was found to be even. The parity for all odd primes remains open.
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Primary source
Linden Disney-Hogg, “The Parity of Invariant Characteristics”, arXiv:2606.20938 (2026).
Additional references
7 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2507.00860, arXiv:2208.11616, arXiv:2207.02509, arXiv:2105.06574, arXiv:1011.2991, arXiv:1002.0554.
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