Overconvergent modular forms and their explicit arithmetic

Vonk, Jan

doi:10.1090/bull/1700

Overconvergent modular forms and their explicit arithmetic
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by Jan Vonk;

Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 58 (2021), 313-356

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1700

Published electronically: August 19, 2020

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Abstract:

In these notes we aim to give a friendly introduction to the theory of overconvergent modular forms and some examples of recent arithmetic applications. The emphasis is on explicit examples and computations.

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