Flipping operators and locally harmonic Maass forms

In the theory of integral weight harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth, two key differential operators, the Bol operator and the shadow operator, play a fundamental role. Harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth canonically split into two parts, and each operator controls one of these parts. A third operator, called the flipping operator, exchanges the role of these two parts. Maass-Poincaré series (of parabolic type) form a convenient basis of negative weight harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth, and flipping has the effect of negating an index. Recently, there has been much interest in locally harmonic Maass forms defined by the first author, Kane, and Kohnen. These are lifts of Poincaré series of hyperbolic type, and are intimately related to the Shimura and Shintani lifts. In this note, we prove that a similar property holds for the flipping operator applied to these Poincaré series.

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The Ramanujan Journal
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2025-08-08
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-025-01183-7
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Advanced Mathematical Identities
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Flipping operators and locally harmonic Maass forms

Larry Rolen, Andreas Mono, Kathrin Bringmann
The Ramanujan Journal
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Flipping operators and locally harmonic Maass forms

Larry Rolen, Andreas Mono, Kathrin Bringmann
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In the theory of integral weight harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth, two key differential operators, the Bol operator and the shadow operator, play a fundamental role. Harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth canonically split into two parts, and each operator controls one of these parts. A third operator, called the flipping operator, exchanges the role of these two parts. Maass-Poincaré series (of parabolic type) form a convenient basis of negative weight harmonic Maass forms of manageable growth, and flipping has the effect of negating an index. Recently, there has been much interest in locally harmonic Maass forms defined by the first author, Kane, and Kohnen. These are lifts of Poincaré series of hyperbolic type, and are intimately related to the Shimura and Shintani lifts. In this note, we prove that a similar property holds for the flipping operator applied to these Poincaré series.

The Ramanujan JournalVol. 68(2)
University of Cologne (DE), Vanderbilt University (US)
Simons Foundation, European Commission, European Research Council
Openalex Percentile: Top 73%
Advanced Mathematical Identities
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