An Algebraic Proof of the Non-Modularity of Solutions to the Canonical Modular Differential Equation
Abstract
In this paper, we provide an algebraic proof of the condition for the existence of modular form solutions to the Kaneko-Zagier differential equation of weight k. Unlike previous representation-theoretic approaches relying on SL2(ℤ), our method employs the connection matrices of the principal congruence subgroup Γ(N). By deriving a condition for simultaneous triangularizability from the commutators of the representation matrices and applying Galois theory, we prove that the associated two-dimensional representation of Γ(N) is irreducible when the denominator m of the fraction (k+1)/6 = n/m satisfies m=1 or m ≥ 7. Consequently, we identify the weights that admit no modular form solutions and obtain a complete classification of the dimensions of the spaces of such solutions.
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BibTeX
@misc{sakai2026algebraic,
title = {{An Algebraic Proof of the Non-Modularity of Solutions to the Canonical Modular Differential Equation}},
author = {Yuichi Sakai and Hiroyuki Tsutsumi},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.05668},
eprint = {2610.05668},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05668},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - An Algebraic Proof of the Non-Modularity of Solutions to the Canonical Modular Differential Equation
AU - Yuichi Sakai
AU - Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/11
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.05668
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05668
AB - In this paper, we provide an algebraic proof of the condition for the existence of modular form solutions to the Kaneko-Zagier differential equation of weight k. Unlike previous representation-theoretic approaches relying on SL_2(ℤ), our method employs the connection matrices of the principal congruence subgroup Γ(N). By deriving a condition for simultaneous triangularizability from the commutators of the representation matrices and applying Galois theory, we prove that the associated two-dimensional representation of Γ(N) is irreducible when the denominator m of the fraction (k+1)/6 = n/m satisfies m=1 or m ≥ 7. Consequently, we identify the weights that admit no modular form solutions and obtain a complete classification of the dimensions of the spaces of such solutions.
ER -